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Life and Services
OF
Colonel James J. Healy
A Former Member of
Company G, 132nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry
Company C, 32nd United States Infantry
Company C, 21st United States Infantry
ADC First Brigade Illinois National Guard
Artillery Battalion Illinois National Guard
Second Infantry Illinois National Guard
And for Thirty Years
Deputy Clerk of the
Superior Court of
Cook County, IlHnois.
BY
C. C. Bowsfield
Chicago, 1913.
DEACCESSIONED BY
rHlCAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY
"^ PRINTED COLLECTIONS
Colonel James J. Healy
The Well Balanced Mind
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you.
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream — and not make dreams your master;
If you can think — and not make thoughts your aim.
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone.
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue.
Or walk with Kings — nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you.
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
And — which is more — you'll be a Man, my son!
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
Life and Character
OF
Colonel James J. Healy
THE world places a premium on character. It admires
true manhood. There is no permanent adoration for
riches, but the public tribute to manliness is ever-
lasting.
Character is something more than ability. It is deeper
than genius and broader and better than learning. Con-
sequently it is the foundation of those things which give
stability to human society.
It is a fine blending of all the better attributes and
accomplishments of the mind. It is that harmonious devel-
opment of manhood which makes one reliable, capable,
courteous and gentle. Without these qualities there is no
enduring success. No attainment is worth while unless it
enlarges a person's capacity for usefulness, and there can
be no real efficiency either in public or private life unless
it is based on a broad appreciation of human rights and
needs. To develop nobility of character it is necessary
to view human society with sympathetic interest and fit
one's life for useful service, discarding and excluding the
spirit of self-aggrandizement.
Great wealth brings to a man or woman an insincere
adulation which in itself is an insult, for it is a tribute
10 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
neither to the ability nor the moral worth of the individual.
Then again a genius may gain notoriety or even admiration,
but this is apt to be transitory. Successful achievement in
business is gratifying, but it is more likely to stimulate
envy than love. It is only that combination of talent and
Christian principles which gives poise and balance and
efficiency that will permanently hold the world's regard.
This sort of character makes life complete and joyous,
and is our highest attainment. It is the top round of the
ladder — the pinnacle of success.
In a wide acquaintanceship with public men I have
known few who possessed in a pre-eminent degree those
excellent traits of character which distinguish the subject
of this sketch. Colonel James J. Healy, of Chicago. Colonel
Healy has had an eventful career and in every avenue of
life has shown a fidelity to duty and to his friends which
has won for him a lasting place in the affections of the
thousands who know him. It is with a view to placing in
the hands of his relatives and intimate friends, as well as
his old comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, an
appreciative sketch of his character and life work that I
have issued this little volume.
James J. Healy was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 6,
1846. His life since early boyhood, however, or, at least,
that portion of it not spent in the active service of his
country, has been passed in Chicago. His early educational
training was received at the public schools of this city, after
completing a course in which he studied at the University
of Notre Dame, in Indiana, and at St. Mary's of the Lake,
Chicago, leaving this institution to enter the army during
the Civil War.
12 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
DESCENDANT OF IRISH STOCK.
As his name would indicate, Colonel Healy descended
from good old Irish stock. County Kerry in Ireland has
contributed of its numerous Healy stock to all sections
of Christendom and of its branches are men engaged in
every occupation from the humblest to the highest, but to
the Kerry man that which most appeals to his nature is the
calling which, to the greatest degree, satisfies his instinct
for aggressiveness. This comes to him naturally by reason
of the stock having been reared in a section, the physical
nature of which compelled the utmost activity. Kerry,
with its combination of mountain, sea and plain, has sent
its large quota of sons to the army, the navy, arts, sciences
and every known line of honorable endeavor to which a
sturdy, alert people are attracted. The inborn instinct of
the man of Kerry stock leads him ever forward. He has done
his own battling from the time of the tribe of Ciarraidhe,
which inhabited the territory lying between Tralee and
the Shannon. He has been a fighter for his rights since
the invasion of the Danes in the ninth and tenth centuries,
when these maritime trespassers received their punishment
and were overthrown at the battle of Clontarf in 1014.
So, when a Kerry man has gone forth into the world to
make his way, he has in his mental and physical being the
attributes which assure a due measure of success. He has
the faculty of adapting himself to any and all conditions.
The struggles of the Kerry men, as indeed the Irishmen
of other counties of the Emerald Isle, have engendered
within him a note of sympathy and a tone of friendship.
These qualities always have been a support to the buoyant
spirit of him who has come from the stock of the Kerry men.
Colonel lames J. Healv descended from Kerry stock,
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 13
and has inherited a share of the Kerry man's attributes.
He went directly from his desk in school to the wars,
and from that moment on May 19, 1864, when he tossed
aside his books at the school of St. Mary's of the Lake,
Chicago, and joined Company G, 132nd Illinois Volunteer
Infantry, until he was honorably retired at his own request
from the service of the Illinois National Guard, December
2, 1907, he maintained an unceasing interest in military as
well as civil affairs.
BIOGRAPHY OF THE HEALY FAMILY.
Colonel Healy's parents, John and Ellen O'Brien Healy,
were born in the town of Kellorglin, County Kerry, Ireland,
and came to America with their family in 1846. John
Healy on his arrival in Chicago became connected with
the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad in process of con-
struction at that time, and continued in its service until
after its completion at Rock Island, 111., when he pur-
chased a farm in Dakota county, Minnesota, six miles from
St. Paul and three from Mendota, on the Dodd road. He
died December 15, 1865, and was buried in St. Peter's
Cemetery, Mendota, Minn., across the Mississippi River
from Fort Snelling. His wife died later at Boone, Iowa,
and was buried in Calvary Cemetery in that town, leaving
the following named children :
Timothy J. Healy, born in County Kerry, Ireland, A.
D. 1837; died in Chicago, III, July 13th, 1897; buried in
Calvary Cemetery, Chicago. Profession, locomotive en-
gineer. Two sons survive him, Thomas J. Healy, president
of the Southwest Trust and Savings Bank, and John V.
Healv.
William Healy, born in County Kerry, Ireland, 1839;
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
CAPTAIN JOHN J. HEALY,
Company I, Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Mrs. Ellen M, Healy, widow of Captain John J. Healy.
Resides in Chicago.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
DANIEL D. HEALY.
Assistant Engineer Mississippi Squadron, Gunboat Essex, U. S. A.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALT. 17
died in Milwaukee, Wis., February 9th, 1904. Military
record: Corporal Company "F," First Minnesota Mountain
Rangers. Two years' service fighting the Sioux Indians
under Little Crow during the Sioux War and Minnesota
massacres of 1862 and 1863. Ex-Governor Henry H. Sibley,
of Mendota, was commissioned Colonel by Governor
Ramsey to command the expedition which fought the battles
of Birch Coolie and Wood Lake, Minnesota, September 2nd
and 3rd, 1862; Fort Ridgely, St. Peter and Mankato later
on. Profession, locomotive engineer. Buried in Calvary
Cemetery, Chicago, 111. A son and daughter survive him,
William J. and Julia Healy.
Thomas J. Healy, born in County Kerry, Ireland, 1841.
Killed by lightning in his lumber yard ofifice July 3rd, 1868.
Buried in Calvary Cemetery, Chicago, 111. Profession, book-
keeper.
Capt. John T- Healy, born in County Kerry, Ireland,
July 3rd, 1843. Died in Chicago May 8th', 1910. Buried in
Calvary Cemetery, Chicago. He held the elective ofifice of
Clerk of the Superior Court for nine years and for six
years was Clerk of the Appellate Court. At the time of
his death he was superintendent of Postal Station "M,"
Chicago. Army record: First Lieutenant Company "I,"
Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, having seen nearly
four years' active service during the Rebellion, participating
in the numerous battles of his regiment. His wife, Ellen
M. Healy, survives him.
Daniel D. Healy, born in County Kerry, Ireland,
February 11th. 1845. Died in Chicago," March 3rd, 1910;
buried in Calvary Cemetery. Military record : Assistant
Engineer, Mississippi Squadron, Gunboat Essex, U. S. A.
Business: Engineer, was elected President of the Board
of Cook County Commissioners ; he had been appointed
William Healy, at upper left side; was engineer on Rock Island
Railroad. Thomas J. Healy, at upper right side; was book-
keeper for lumber firm of Cone & O'Brien, Chicago.
Michael J. Healy and wife, at bottom of group; Mr.
Healy was engineer on Missouri Pacific Railroad,
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
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Morgan M. Healy, Clerk in Recorder's Office, Cook Co., 111.
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
Mrs. Ellen M. Sullivan, late residence, Clinton, Iowa.
lilOGRAPHT OF JAMES J. HEALY. 21
Comptroller before election as president of the Board. His
wife and four children survive him, Daniel M. Healy, attor-
ney-at-law; Walter C. Healy, Mrs. John H. O'Neil, and
Mrs. Wm. Lorimer, Jr.
The next son is the subject of this sketch, James
J. Healy, who, as stated, was born at Cincinnati, O., March
6th, 1846. He was married in 1871, and his wife died in
1884. He has one son, John Healy. Military record of
James J. Healy: Private, Company "G," 132nd Illinois
V^olunteer Infantry ; First Sergeant. Company "C," 32nd and
21st United States Infantry. Mustered out at Camp Verde,
Ariz., Oct. 9th, 1869. First Lieutenant and A. D. C. First
Brigade Illinois National Guard. Major and Inspector First
Brigade I. N. G. Captain and Adjutant, Artillery Battal-
■ lion I. N. G., Major Colonel Quinton's Provisional Regi-
ment in war with Spain, 1898. June 6th, 1901, elected
Lieutenant-Colonel, Second Inf. I. N. G. Re-elected and
commissioned June 1st, 1906. Voluntarily retiring, and upon
his own request December 9th, 1907, placed on the retired
roster, Special order No. 125. A. D. C. and Chief-of-Stafif
Dept. of 111. G. A. R. 1890 and 1891, 1911 and 1912.
Michael J. Healy was born in Geneseo, 111., in 1848,
and died in St. Louis, Mo., August 3rd, 1909. Cause of
death: Accidental locomctive collision on the Missouri
Pacific Railroad. He was for thirty years connected with
the road as a passenger engineer. Buried in Calvary Cem-
etery, St. Louis, Mo. Survived by a widow and two daugh-
ters, Mrs. A. J. Fitzsimmons and Miss Gertrude Healy of
St. Louis, Mo.
Morgan M Healy. boin in Chillicothe. 111.. November
19th. 1850, and died in Chi.:ago, October 29th. 1902. Buried
in Calvary Cemetery, Chicago. Profession: Clerk.
Ellen M. Sullivan, a sister of Colonel Healy, was born
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
M. W. O'BRIEN
Former President People's Bank of Detroit, Mich.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Right Rev. Father Edward S. Sorin, Founder of Notre Dame
University, Indiana, and President for Many Years. James
J. Healy attended this institution in 1859-60.
24 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
in Pond Creek, 111., October 21st, 1852. Died at Clinton,
Iowa, April 24th, 1901. Buried at Boone, Iowa. Survived
by two sons and two daughters, Hubert and Walter, Mrs.
McCarthy and Josephine Sullivan, all of Clinton, Iowa.
Two half-brothers, Frank and Charles Fitzgerald, are dead.
M. W. O'Brien, an uncle, born in County Kerry, Ire-
land, September 26th, 1830, and came to America in 1852,
accompanied by two nephews, Timothy and John Healy.
Mr. O'Brien was stricken with apoplexy and died at his
residence, 523 Jefferson avenue, Detroit, Mich., Jan. 6th,
1912. Was President of the People's State Bank, and
prominent in business circles and as a philanthropist.
WOUNDED IN FIGHT WITH APACHES.
In his five years' experience as a soldier Colonel
Healy escaped serious injury. His most perilous ad-
venture was in Arizona in connection with the Indian
troubles. In a fight near the celebrated Grief Hill he
received a wound from an arrow shot by an Apache
from ambush. Sergeant Healy received this wound one
day in 1869 when in command of a detail escorting
a supply train of twelve wagons from Camp Ft. Lowell,
at Tucson, to Camp Verde. Sergeant Healy saved his
men, but lost the train of supplies. The misfortune was
due to an accident, one of the wagons having broken down
in a section of country so rough that the twelve teams
could not be kept in sight of one another. While an effort
was being made to distribute the provisions carried by the
broken vehicle to the others a party of Apaches stole up
and shot their arrows from a clump of trees, wounding
the Sergeant in the right leg. He had not been unmindful
of this danger, but as the train of wagons could not be
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 25
kept in compact order through that region of hills and
gulches it was impossible to avoid all risk, especially when
the breaking down of one of the vehicles separated the
train to an unusual extent. The Indians were numerous
enough so that while one party fought the few soldiers
the others drove the wagons off into the mountains. He
had other fighting of the kind, but never was seriously
wounded.
Arizona has ever been a land of adventure and the
spirit of the wild frontier got into the blood of the young
soldier and his companions. Colonel Healy saw the terri-
tory in its wildest and came to appreciate its grand scenery
as well as its agricultural and mining possibilities. A sol-
dier's work was hard in those days, not merely on account
of the Indians, but owing to the difficulties of travel, the
scarcity of water and other natural disadvantages. Although
Colonel Healy left the territory after three years' service,
he has ever viewed its progress with interest and pleasure.
A little more of his earliest military experience is neces-
sary here to give this sketch historical value. He gave up
his studies at St. Mary's of the Lake, and joined the army
at the earliest age permissible under the law. He enlisted
in Company G, of the One Hundred and Thirty-second
Illinois Infantry Volunteers, for a term of four months.
At the expiration of that period he re-enlisted July 7,
1866, in Company C of the Thirty-second. This company
was afterward consolidated with "C" of the Fourteenth and
still later with "C" of the Twenty-first United States In-
fantry, and Mr. Healy continued in the regular army until
Oct. 3, 1869, when he was honorably discharged at Camp
Verde, Arizona Territory, with the rank of First Sergeant.
His service during the Civil War was chiefly confined to
26 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY.
the States of Missouri and Kentucky, following Rosecrans
in the former and General Price and Colonel Hicks in the
latter, at Columbus, Paducah, Smithfield and Mayfield.
Subsequent to the close of the Rebellion the Thirty-second
was ordered to the far West, and here Mr. Healy gained
experience as an Indian fighter.
Mr. Healy 's love for his old comrades in arms did not
abate with his discharge from active service. In the coun-
cils of the G. A. R. he has taken a conspicuous and active
part. For two years he was Senior Vice-Commander of
Ransom Post No. 1, in the Department of Illinois ; for
a time a member of Grant Post No. 28, and in 1891, Com-
mander of America Post 708, of which he was afterwards
Adjutant. He has been a delegate to National Encamp-
ments at Denver, Minneapolis, Portland (Me.), San Fran-
cisco, St. Louis, Columbus (Ohio), Boston, Milwaukee and
Detroit. He has also served on the staffs of Commanders-
in-Chief Kountz, Fairchild, Rea, Warner and Palmer, and
in 1890-91 served as chief to W. L. Diston and H. S. Clark,
Department Commanders for the State of Illinois.
He has also been a prominent member of the Veteran
Union League of Chicago, of which organization he was for
four years the President. He has also been chairman of
the Committee on Political Action of the same body, under
whose auspices the famous "sextette" of Union Generals
issued their famous protest against populism.
Mr. Healy's eminent fitness for military command has
been recognized by both the city of Chicago and the State
of Illinois. In 1869 he was drillmaster of the city's police
force; was inspector of the First Brigade, I. N. G., serving
on the stafif of General Joseph T. Torrence with the rank
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 27
of Major; and was for several years Adjutant of the artillery
battalions, Illinois National Guard.
In civil life he has attained marked distinction. From
1870 to 1874 he v^as connected v^ith the registry division of
the Chicago postoffice, resigning his position to accept an
appointment as Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court and
was Chief Deputy for sixteen years. During a period of
thirty years he discharged the arduous and exacting duties
with a courtesy, fidelity and ability which have commanded
universal confidence and admiration of the judiciary and
members of the bar.
ARDENT REPUBLICAN IN POLITICS.
In politics. Colonel Healy is an ardent Republican and
has been for many years an energetic and successful worker
for the success of his party. During the campaign of 1896,
he personally conducted the military features of a railway
train in the interest of the election of President McKinley
and Governor Tanner, which was, to say the least, a novelty
in the way of electioneering methods. Many of the ex-
Governors of Illinois were passengers, and the approach
of the distinguished party was heralded by the discharge
of cannon, one car having been fitted up as a sort of armory
with a twelve-pound brass Napoleon gun and several
mortars. When halts were made, the orators spoke to the
gathered crowds from the car platform, but no stop was
made for a period exceeding sixty minutes. The unique
scheme originated in the fertile brain of State Central Com-
mittee, executed by Mr. Healy, who also conducted through
the State, in the same way, a "Patriot Heroes' Battalion,"
2S BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
his first charge having been popularly known as "The
Governors' Flying Squadron."
He had the immediate command of the artillery of the
above train, being one of the leading spirits and organ-
izers in the above new^ method of campaign v^ork. Mr.
Healy was commissioned March 10, 1896, Captain and
Adjutant Artillery Battalion, Illinois National Guard. Com-
missioned July 29, 1899, Major in Colonel Quinton's provi-
sional regiment, Illinois Volunteers, authorized in compliance
with joint resolutions of the Forty-first General Assembly,
providing troops for war with Spain. Major Healy was one
of the original promoters and a member of the General and
Executive Committees on Invitation to the Grand Army
of the Republic to Chicago in 1900 after securing the Thirty-
fourth National Encampment, and on the reorganization of
the Committees he was again placed on the General and
Executive Committees, including Finance, and made Chair-
man of the Badge Committee.
Colonel Healy was a Republican through times when
it tried the souls of men of his nationality to be Repub-
licans. When Colonel Healy entered politics it required
not only moral, but physical courage. He has always car-
ried an ample stock of both. His politics has never been
a matter of expediency, but of conscience and convictions.
In the early days when the Mike McDonald "gang" was
supreme in Chicago, and such men as notorious "Black
Jack Yatta," and other political "Jack workers," had to be
met at the polls. Colonel Healy was always the leader to
keep the firing lines of the First Ward Republicans un-
broken. Colonel Healy 's battles and victories for First
Ward Republicanism through those stirring times would
afford much material for a strenuous history of Chicago
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 29
politics. There is an interesting activity and civic story
furnished by his eventful career.
Colonel Healy is a member of the following organi-
zations :
George H. Thomas Post No. 5, G. A. R. ; Society Indian
Wars of the United State ; Director Grand Army Hall and
Memorial Association ; General Phil. H. Sheridan Garrison
No. 31 ; Regular Army and Navy Union of the United
States; Life Member Hamilton Club; Member New Illinois
Athletic Club; Treasurer The Illinois State Rifle Associa-
tion; Member National Guard Officers' Association of the
State of Illinois ; Lieutenant-Colonel Second Infantry, 111.
N. G.
GAINS ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Although Colonel Healy has gained high honors, both
military and civic, he never had a prouder moment than
that when he was promoted from private to Corporal, per
regimental order No. 5, dated January 14, 1868. He was
next promoted from Corporal to Sergeant September 20,
1868, per order No. 50, dated headquarters Thirty-second
Infantry, September 26, 1868; appointed First Sergeant
February 26, 1869, to date from January 1, 1869, per order
No. 2, Camp Wallen, Arizona Territory, February 26, 1869.
This data is taken from a report compiled in the office of
the Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.
C, May 15, 1901. The report further says:
"Company C, Thirty-second U. S. Infantry, and Com-
pany C, Fourteenth U. S. Infantry, were consolidated in
August, 1869, and formed Company C, Twenty-first U. S.
Infantry. The muster roll of the latter company for Septem-
30 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
ber and October, 1869, shows the soldier discharged October
3, 1869, under the provisions of general order No. 31, head-
quarters department of California, at Camp Verde, A. T., as
First Sergeant. He was rendered a supernumerary non-
commissioned officer by reason of consolidation of com-
panies. (Signed) John A. Johnston, Assistant Adjutant
General."
MILITARY RECORD OF LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JAMES
J. HEALY.
Enlisted on the 19th day of May, 1864, in Company "C," 132d
Illinois Regiment Volunteer Infantry, at Camp Fry, Chicago, Capt.
Theodore F. Barnes, commanding. Aged 18 years; height 5 feet 8
inches; hair dark; eyes gray; complexion light; occupation lumber-
man; native Ohio.
Honorably mustered out Oct. 17, 1864, at Camp Fry, Chicago,
by reason of expiration of term of service. Re-enlisted July 7,
1866 Private "C" Company, 32d United States Infantry, Capt. and
Brevet Major George M. Downey, commanding. Served as Cor-
poral Sergeant and First Sergeant and in compliance with General
Orders No. 31, Paragraph 8, dated Headquarters, San Francisco,
California, May 12, 1869, Consolidation and Reduction of the
United States Army, he became First Sergeant of "C" Company,
the 21st United States Infantry, Capt. and Brevet Lieutenant Colo-
nel William H. Brown, commanding, and was honorably mustered
out of the United States Army at Camp Verde, Arizona Terri-
tory, October 3, 1869, in compliance with above order with rank
of First Sergeant.
National Guard Record.
Commissioned by Governor Shelby S. Cullom, First Lieuten-
ant and A. D. C. First Brigade Illinois National Guard, March 4,
1879, and Major an^ Inspector on the staff of Brigadier General
Joseph T. Torrence, commanding. Voluntarily resigning Feb. 15,
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 31
1882. Commissioned by Governor John P. Altgeld Captain and
Adjutant Artillery Battalion March 10, 1896. Retiring Jan. 4, 1901.
Elected Lieutenant-Colonel Second Infantry Illinois National
Guard June 6, 1901, and commissioned by Governor Richard Yates.
Re-elected Lieutenant-Colonel Second Infantry Illinois National
Guard June 1, 1906. Commissioned by Governor Charles S. De-
need. Voluntarily resigning Dec. 2, 1907, and on his own request
Dec. 9, 1907, placed on the retired list, special order 125, A. G. O.
Commissioned Major in Colonel Quinton's Provisional Regiment in
war with Spain, July 29, 1899, by resolution of the Forty-first Gen-
eral Assembly, signed by Governor John R. Tanner and Secretary
of State John A. Rose.
Grand Army of the Republic.
Mustered into Ransom Post No. 1, Department of Illinois,
June 9, 1872. Elected Senior Vice Commander 1873 and 1874.
Joined U. S. Grant Post, No. 28, Department of Illinois, by trans-
fer from Ransom, No. 1, Feb. 21, 1879.
Charter member of America Post, 708, Department of Illinois,
Oct. 24, 1890, by transfer from Post 28. Elected Senior Vice Com-
mander 1890 and Commander 1891. Joined George H. Thomas,
No. 5, Department of Illinois, by transfer Dec. 29, 1903. Jan. 10,
1913, still a member in good standing.
Chief of Staff, Department of Illinois.
1890. Department Commander William L. Distin
1891. Department Commander Horace S. Clark
1911. Department Commander Christopher C. Duffy
1912. Department Commander Thomas H. Gault
Colonel Healy was elected a member of the Society
of Veterans of Indian Wars of the United States, in January,
1906. This organization is one of the most exclusive of its
kind in military circles and includes many soldiers of prom-
inence in its membership. Men who saw service under such
Indian fighters as Crook, Bingham, King, Brooke and others,
are members of the society.
32 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
OFFICIAL RECORD.
United States of America, State of Illinois.
Adjutant General's Office.
Springfield, July 19, 1911.
It is Hereby Certified, That it appears from the Records of
this Office, that James Healy, enlisted on the 19th day of May, 1864,
at Chicago, Illinois, and was mustered into service of the United
States as a Private in Company G, 132nd Regiment, Illinois Volun-
teer Infantry, for the period of 100 days, on the 1st day of June,
1864. Age, 18; Height. 5 ft. 8 in.; Hair, Dark; Eyes, Gray; Com-
plexion, Light; Occupation, Lumberman; Native, Ohio.
Mustered out October 17, 1864. Camp Fry, Chicago, Illinois.
Re-Enlisted July 9th, 1866, G. Compy. the 32nd United States In-
fantry.
Corporal Sergeant and 1st Sergeant and mustered out Oct.
3rd, 1869, as 1st Sergeant of Compy. C, 21st U. S. Infantry at Camp
Verde, Arizona Territory. In compliance with Genl. Order 31
dated Headquarters San Francisco, May 12th, 1869, consolidation
of the U. S. Army.
His residence at date of enlistment is stated as Chicago,
Illinois.
This Certificate is issued at the request of Colonel James J.
Healy, Chicago, Illinois.
FRANK S. DICKSON,
The Adjutant General of Illinois.
Chief of Staflf.
BRIG.-GEN. F. S. DICKSON,
State of Illinois.
The Adjutant General.
Chief of Staf¥.
It is hereby certified that it appears from the records of this
office, that
James J. Healy,
Was 1st Lieutenant A. D. C. 1st Brigade, Illinois National Guard,
March 4, 1879— February 15, 1882; Major and Inspector 1st Brigade
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY. 33
I. N. G. Captain and Adjutant, Artillery Battalion, Illinois National
Guard, March 10, 1897— January 4, 1901;
Lieutenant-Colonel 2nd Infantry, Illinois National Guard, June
6, 1901 — Resigned December 2, 1907; on his own request.
Placed on Retired List Illinois National Guard, December 9,
1907. Special Orders, No. 125 A. G. O. dated, December 9, 1907.
This certificate is issued at the request of Colonel James J.
Healy, Chicago, Illinois.
FRANK S. DICKSON,
The Adjutant General,
Chief of Stafif.
Adjutant General's Office,
State of Illinois.
BRIG.-GEN. F. S. DICKSON,
The Adjutant General.
Chief of Stafif.
It is hereby certified that it appears from the records of this
office, that
James J. Healy,
Was commissioned Major, Quinton's Provisional Regiment, Illinois
Volunteer Infantry, July 29, 1899.
In the war with Spain.
This certificate is issued at the request of Colonel James J.
Healy, Chicago, Illinois.
FRANK S. DICKSON,
The Adjutant General,
Chief of Stafif.
34 BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
HISTORY OF 132nd INFANTRY.
Early in the spring of 1864 the government of the
Northwestern States, namely, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa, believing that the Rebellion was nearing its close,
and desiring to aid the Government in every way possible,
tendered to the President a volunteer force of 85,000 one
hundred-day men, to relieve the veteran soldiers from guard
duty at our forts, arsenals and elsewhere. Of this number
Illinois furnished thirteen regiments and two battalions.
Speaking of the service performed by the hundred-day
troops, Governor Yates, in his last annual message, paid
them a high and deserved compliment in these words :
"Our regiments under this call performed indispensable
and invaluable services in Kentucky, Tennessee and Mis-
souri, relieving garrisons of veteran troops who were sent
to the front, took part in the Atlanta campaign, several
of them also composing a part of that glorious army that
has penetrated the very vitals of the Rebellion and plucked
some of the brightest laurels that this heroic age has woven
for a patriotic soldier. Five out of the one hundred-day
regiments, after their term of service had expired, volun-
tarily extended their engagements with the Government,
and marched to the relief of the gallant and able Rosecrans,
who, at the head of an inadequate and poorly appointed
army, was contending against fearful odds for the preserva-
tion of St. Louis and the safety of Missouri. The officers
and soldiers of these regiments evinced the highest soldierly
qualities and fully sustained the proud record our veterans
have ever attained in the field, and the State and country
owe them a lasting gratitude, and we have in a great degree
to attribute our success in Virginia and Georgia to the
timely organization and efficient services of the one hundred-
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
35
day volunteers furnished by all of said States. The Presi-
dent has, by order, returned them the thanks of the Govern-
ment and the Nation for the service thus rendered, and
accords the full measure of praise to them as our supporters
and defenders in the rear, to which the regular reserve force
of large armies are always entitled."
FIELD AND STAFF OF 132D INFANTRY.
Name and Rank
Residence.
Date of
rank or
enlistment
Date of
muster.
Remarks.
Mustered Out.
Colonel.
Thomas C. Pickett.
Moline . . .
June 1,
'64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17. 1864.
Lieutenant-Colonel.
WiUiam H. Haskell
Canton . .
June 1,
'64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
Major.
John H. Peck
Chicago .
June 1,
'64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
Adjutant.
Daniel Merriman. . .
Chicago .
June 1,
'64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
Quartermaster.
Hiram R. Enoch. . .
Rockford.
May 4,
'64
May 4, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
Surgeon.
Robert F. Baker. . .
Moline . . .
June 1,
'64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
First Asst. Surgeon.
William R. Adair. .
Chicago .
June 1,
'64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
Chaplain.
June 1,
'64
No record of
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Name and Rank.
Date of
Rank or
enlistment
Date of
muster.
Remarks.
Mustered Out.
Sergeant Major.
George B. Randall.
Q. M. Sergeant.
Burton W. Fisher. .
Chicago
Chicago
May 29, '64
May 1, '64
June 1, '64
June 1, '64
Oct. 17, 1864.
Oct. 17, 1864.
36 BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEAT.Y.
HISTORY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND UNITED
STATES INFANTRY.
Organized by direction of the President, May 4th, 1861.
Organized May 4th, 1861, as the Third Battalion of the
Fourteenth Regiment of U. S. Infantry ; designation changed
by Act of Congress, July 20th, 1866.
Field officers : Col. Thomas L. Crittenden, Lieut. Col.
Frederick F. Dent, Major, Gurdon Chapin.
Engagements Participated in During the Civil War.
Gaines Mills, Va., June 27th, 1862.
Malvern Hill, July 1st, 1862.
Bull Run, Va., Aug. 30th, 1862.
Snickers Gap, Va., Nov. 3rd and 4th, 1862.
Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13th, 1862.
Chancellorville, Va., May 3rd an 4th, 1863.
Gettysburg, Pa., July 2d and 3rd, 1863.
Wilderness, Va., May 5th, 1864.
Laurel Hill, Va., May 8th and 13th, 1864.
Spottsylvania Court House, Pa., May 14th, 1864.
North Anna River, Va., May 24th, 1864.
Bethesda Church, Va., June 1st to 3rd, 1864.
Petersburg, Va., June 18th to 21st, 1864.
Weldon Railroad, Va., August 19th to 27th, 1864.
Chapel Home, Va., October 1st, 1864.
At the close of the Civil War, the Thirty-second In-
fantry, U. S. A., was ordered into Arizona Territory to
protect lives and property and help subdue the Apache
Indians. The regiment sailed from Governor's Island, New
York harbor, on the passenger steamer "Rising Star" in
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HBALY. 37
1866. After a voyage of eight days, landed at Aspinwall,
and crossed the isthmus by rail to Panama ; from Panama
embarked on the steamer "Sacramenta" for San Francisco,
California. After twenty days' sailing away on the Pacific
waters reached San Francisco and were quartered on Angel
Island in WALL TENTS for two months, then departed
by steamer to Wilmington, California, and assigned to Drum
Barracks, California. After the expiration of thirty days,
proceeded in heavy marching order for Tuscon, Arizona
Territory, crossing the Yuma and Mojave Desert. On ar-
rival at Tuscon, the regiment was divided into one and two
company posts in the territory. Two companies at Camp
Goodwin, two at Apache Pass, two at Camp Grant, one at
Camp Wallen, one at Camp Crittenden, one at Camp Bowie,
one, "G" Co., at Camp Lowell, Tuscon, Arizona Territory.
The Headquarters of the Regiment.
In compliance with General orders No. 31, paragraph 8,
dated Headquarters, San Francisco, May 12th, 1869, the
Fourteenth, Thirty-second and Twenty-first United States
Infantry were consolidated, and Colonel Healy was mus-
tered out at Camp Verde, Arizona Territory, with the rank
of First Sergeant in Co. "C," Twenty-first United States In-
fantry, and came back to the States over the LT. P. R. R.
at the time the golden spike was driven at Ogden. 1869.
The subject of this sketch never missed a roll call
except by the absence caused by wounds, or on detached
service escorting and guarding supply trains, otherwise was
always with his company for duty.
Reorganized by the consolidation of the Twenty-first
and Thirty-second Regiments of Infantry by an Act of Con-
gress approved March 3rd, 1869.
38 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Military Orders.
Ass't. Qr. Mr's. Office, Tucson Depot,
Tucson, A. T, April 1st, 1869.
Sergt.
You will proceed today with two loaded wagons and one ambu-
lance with two mules. Two men will accompany you from Camp
Lowell besides the two men who came with you from Camp Wal-
lon. The ambulance will be turned over to Capt. Moulton and the
mules and harness to Capt. Evans on your arrival at Crittenden,
The two men from Camp Lowell will return with the wagons. You
will not let all the men ride at once in the ambulance and you
will keep on the alert for Indians.
Yours,
Sergt. Healy, G. C. SMITH, Capt. & Mgr.
Co. "C" 32nd Inf.
In Charge of Escort.
Camp Lowell, A. T., April 1st, 1869.
Order No. 39.
The Commanding Officer Company "E" 32 Inft. will furnish
two men, fully armed and equipped with five days Rations (Includ-
ing this day) to assist in escorting a train to Camp Crittenden.
The men will report immediately to Sergt. Healy of Company
"C" 32 Inft. who has charge of the escort.
By order
BRT. LT. COL. W. H. BROWN,
Capt. 32 Inft.
Com. Post.
Camp Verde, A. T., June 20th, 1869.
Orders No. 1.
I. In compliance with Special Order No. 5. Head Quarters
Disct. of Arizona June 17th, 1869 the undersigned hereby assumes
command of this Post.
II. Existing Orders and Post Regulations to remain in force
until otherwise ordered. gy order of
WM. McK. OWEN,
1st Lieut. 32nd Inft.
Comdg. Post.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 39
Camp Verde, A. T., June 2Sth, 1869.
1st. Sergt. James J. Healy and Corporal Henry St. Clair, Co. C.
21st Inft. with 3 others of Company L. 8th Cavalry will proceed in
pursuit of Deserters. Should you meet with resistance in the
performance of your duty, you are directed to use all necessary
force, and make every endeavor to capture and bring them back
to this Post, they will be pursued as far as the Colorado River if
necessary.
Commanding Ofificers of Posts at which the above detail may
call are directed to furnish them with rations.
By order of
BVT. BRIG. GENL. DEVIN,
A. B. WELLS,
1st Sergeant, ^'' ^ieut. 8th U. S. Cav. A. A. A. G
- James J. Healy, C. Co.
21st Inft. In Charge of Detail.
Camp Verde, A. T., July 8, 1869.
Orders No. 3.
Hereafter passes to the enlisted men of this Detacht. will be
presented to the Commandg. Ofificers for Approval at Retreat
each day.
Men wishing to receive passes will report to the First Sergeant
whose duty it shall be to see whether the man is detailed for any
particular duty and if not, he will sign the pass, unless there be
something in the man's conduct which renders him undeserving
of such indulgence in which case the First Sergeant will endorse
the facts and forward.
By order of
WM. McK. OWEN,
1st Lieut. 21st Infty.
Commng. Detchmt. Co. C.
40 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEAI.Y.
Headquarters, Camp Verde, A. T., July 10, 1869.
Orders No. 50.
I: In order to complete as rapidly as possible the Post Hos-
pital, the following named enlisted men of Detachmt. Co. "C" 21st
U. S. Infantry, are hereby detailed on Extra duty in the Q. M.
Dept. as laborers and will report to 1st Lieut. Wm. McK. Owen,
21st Inf. A. A. Q. M. without delay:
George Wilkins, Thomas Williams, John J. Lee, Napoleon
Cheverette, John Kelly, Henry Tobsig, James Thompson, James
Guy, Frank Quinn, Benedict Emler, Friend Howe.
II: Hereafter Guard Mounting will be immediately after Re-
treat the detail will consist as formerly of one Non-Commissioned
Officer and Six (6) Privates, through the Night one Sentinel will
be posted at the Guard House, and one at the Corral. In the morn-
ing and throughout the day the Guard will take charge of the Post
Herd.
The Non. Com. Officer in Command of the Guard before he
takes out the Herd will turn over for Fatigue purposes any and ?11
prisoners, for whose safe keeping he is responsible to 1st Sergt.
James J. Healy, Detachmt. Co. C. 21st Inf. who will see that they
(the prisoners) are returned at night to the Non. Com. Officer in
charge of the new Guard.
Ill: Until further orders there will be Target Practice
every Sunday.
The call for which will be sounded immediately after the
usual Inspection is finished.
Recall one hour later.
By order of
WM. McK. OWEN,
1st Lieut. 21st Infty.
Comdg. Post.
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 41
ARTILLERY BATTALION, ILLINOIS NATIONAL
GUARD.
Colonel Healy was the first Adjutant of the Artillery Bat-
talion, Illinois National Guard. His appointment was made
on the recommendation of Major Alfred Russell, its first
commander. The commission was issued by Adjutant
General C. C. Hilton on order of Governor John P. Altgeldt.
The following is the official order:
State of Illinois.
ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Springfield, March 16, 1896.
(Special Orders, No. 43.)
Upon the recommendation of the Battalion Commander, the
following Staff appointments are hereby made and announced:
JAMES J. HEALY, to be Adjutant, Artillery Battalion. To
rank as Captain, from March 10, 1896.
They will be obeyed and respected accordingly.
By order of the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
C. C. HILTON, Adjutant-General.
(Capt. Healy.)
BECOMES A SUMMARY COURT.
Illinois National Guard.
Camp Lincoln, III., July 24, 1903.
Order No. 4. — Lieutenant Colonel James J. Healy, Second
Infantry, Illinois National Guard, is hereby appointed summary
court officer, for the trial of such enlisted men as may be
brought before him. By order of Colonel Stuart.
ARTHUR D. REHM, Post Adjutant,
Captain and Adjutant Second Infantry, I. N. G.
42 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
ASSUMES COMMAND OF SECOND INFANTRY, I. N. G.
Headquarters
Second Infantry, Illinois National Guard
Armory: Washington Boulevard and Curtis Street.
Orders No. .. Chicago, 111., July 5th, 1907.
Col. James E. Stuart having been commissioned Brigadier
General to rank from July 4th, 1907.
The undersigned hereby assumes command of the Second
Infantry, Illinois National Guard, in -compliance with the mili-
tary code and statutes of the State of Illinois in such case made
and provided.
AH existing orders and armory regulations will remain in
force until othervi^ise ordered.
JAMES J. HEALY, Lieut. Colonel,
Commanding Second Infantry, Illinois National Guard.
RETIRES FROM NATIONAL GUARD.
Col. Healy decided Nov. 15, 1907, to retire from the
Illinois National guard, and, in accordance with that de-
cision, forwarded his resignation through regular channels.
The letter of resignation, sent to Thomas W. Scott, adju-
tant-general, plainly requested that his name be placed "on
the roster of retired ofificers, in compliance with the military
code and the statutes of the state of Illinois in such case
made and provided." In this connection the following cor-
respondence is self-explanatory :
Headquarters
SECOND INFANTRY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD
Armory: Washington Boulevard and Curtis Street.
"Adjutant General, Chicago, Nov. 15, 1907. .
"Springfield, Illinois.
"Through Military Channels.
"Sir:
"I have the honor to tender my resignation as an ofificer of
the National Guard.
"Having served the State honorably, as First Lieutenant and
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HBALY. 43
A. D. C, First Brigade, from March 14, 1879, to February 15, 1882.
"Captain and Adjutant, Artillery Battalion, March 10, 1896, to
January 4, 1901.
"Lieutenant Colonel, 2nd Infantry, June 6, 1901; re-elected and
Commissioned June 1, 1906; commission expiring June 1, 1911.
"I do most respectfully request that my name be placed on the
roster of retired officers, in compliance with the Military Code and
the Statutes of the State of Illinois in such case made and pro-
vided. Very respectfully,
"Your Obedient Servant,
"JAMES J. HEALY,
"Lieutenant Colonel, Second Infantry,
"Illinois National Guard."
Adjutant General's Office,
State of Illinois.
Special Orders. Springfield, December 2, 1907.
No. 122.
Extract.
The resignation of Lieutenant Colonel James J. Healy, 2nd
Infantry is hereby accepted.
He ceases to be an officer of the Illinois Nat\'onal Guard from
this date.
By order of the Commander in Chief.
(Signed) THOS. W. SCOTT,
Adjutant General.
Col. Healy did not find it satisfactory to accept the
terms of the adjutant-general's letter and forthwith an-
swered as follows :
Headquarters
SECOND INFANTRY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD
Armory: Washington Boulevard and Curtis Street.
Chicago, December 6th, 1907.
Adjutant General,
Springfield, Illinois.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknovi^ledge receipt of special order No.
44 BIOGRArHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
122, bearing date December 2nd, 1907, accepting my resignation.
On tendering my resignation, I requested to be placed on the
retired list and furnished my National Guard Record in compliance
with the Military and Naval Code of Illinois Article 8 Section 65,
viz: "Any commissioned ofificer who shall have served for the
period of ten years may, upon his own request, be placed upon the
retired list and withdrawn from active service and command, and
the vacancy thereby created shall be filled in the same manner as
other vacancies."
"I note in the acceptance of my resignation instead of placing
my name on the retired roster, you add 'He ceases to be an officer
of the Illinois National Guard from this date, which is by order of
the Commander in Chief."
If not considered presumptions on my part, will you kindly ad-
vise me in this matter.
I am respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES J. HEALY.
Late Lieut. Colonel 2nd Inf. I. N. G.
The protest by Col. Healy brought at once the following
satisfactory reply :
Adjutant General's Office.
State of Illinois.
Springfield, December 9, 1907.
Special Orders.
No. 125.
(Extract.)
Upon his own request and in conformity with section 1, article
10, Military and Naval code. Lieutenant Colonel Healy, late of the
Second Infantry, is hereby placed on the retired list.
By order of the Commander in Chief,
(Signed) THOS. W. SCOTT,
Adjutant General.
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 45
STATE ENCAMPMENTS.
Colonel Healy attended the following encampments of
the Department of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, as
a delegate. There is no record prior to 1873:
Chicago, Rockford, Joliet, Sycamore and Ottawa in
January of 1873-74-75-76 and 77.
The Seventh Annual Encampment of the Department
of Illinois G. A. R. convened in the Hall of Ransom Post,
Chicago, 111., at 10 o'clock, a. m., on January 22, 1873.
The Eighth Annual Encampment convened at Rock-
ford. Ill, January 27, 1874.
The Ninth Annual Encampment convened at Joliet,
111., on January 20, 1875.
The Tenth Annual Encampment convened at Syca-
more, 111., January 20, 1876.
The Eleventh Annual Encampemnt convened at Ot-
tawa, 111., January 18, 1877.
The Twelfth Annual Department Encampment was
held in the Grand Army Hall at Springfield, 111., January
16, 1878.
The Thirteenth Department Encampment was held at
Galesburg, 111., January 29, 1879. Was called to order by
Department Commander T. B. Coulter in G. A. R. Hall.
The Fourteenth Annual Department Encampment was
held at Chicago, 111., on January 29 and 30, 1880, at the
Hall of George H. Thomas Post No. 5. Was called to
order by Department Commander Edgar D. Swain.
The Fifteenth Annual Department Encampment was
held at Peoria, 111., Tanuarv 26 and 27, 1881, in Hall of John
46 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Bryner Post No. 67 at 2 o'clock p. m. Opened by Depart-
ment Commander Edgar D. Swain.
The Sixteenth Annual Department Encampment was
held at Rockford, 111., on January 25 and 26, 1882. John
W. Burst, Department Commander.
The Seventeenth Annual Department Encampment
was held at Danville, 111., on January 31 and February 1,
1883. Thomas G. Lawler, Department Commander.
The Eighteenth Annual Department Encampment was
held at Decatur, 111., January 30 and 31, 1884. Commander
Samuel A. Harper, Elmwood, 111.
The Nineteenth Annual Department Encampment was
held at Peoria 111., February 18 and 19, 1885. Commander
L. T. Dickason, Post No. 17, Danville, 111.
The Twentieth Annual Department Encampment was
held at Springfield, 111., February 17 and 18, 1886. Thomas
G. Lawler commander.
The Twenty-First Annual Department Encampment
was held at Rock Island, 111., February 16 and 17, 1887.
Commander Philip Sidney Post.
The Twenty-Second Annual Department Encampment
was held at Springfield, 111., February 15 and 16, 1888. A.
C. Sweetser, Commander (1887).
The Twenty-Third Annual Department Encampment
was held at Springfield, 111., February 20 and 21, 1889.
Commander J. A. Sexton.
The Twenty-Fourth Annual Department Encampment
was held at Quincy, 111., March 12, 1890. J. S. Martin,
Commander.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALT. 47
The Twenty-Fifth Annual Department Encampment
was held at Decatur, 111., April 9 and 10, 1891. William L.
Distin Commander.
The Twenty-Sixth Encampment was held at Spring-
field, 111., April 7 and 8, 1892. Horace S. Clark, Commander.
The Twenty-Seventh Encampment was held at Spring-
field, 111., March 16 and 17, 1893. Edwin Harlan Com-
mander.
The Twenty-Eighth Annual Department Encampment
was held at Rockford, 111., May 15, 16 and 17, 1894. Ed-
ward A. Blodgett Commander.
The Twenty-Ninth Annual Encampment was held at
Bloomington, 111., May 14, 15, and 16, 1895. H. H. Mc-
Dowell Commander.
The Thirtieth Annual Encampment was held at Cairo,
111., May 12, 13, and 14, 1896. W. H. Powell, Commander.
The Thirty-First Annual Encampment was held at
Galesburg, 111., May 5 and 6, 1897. W. G. Cochran Com-
mander.
The Thirty-Second Annual Encampment was held at
Streator, 111., May 11 and 12, 1898. A. L. Schimpflf Com-
mander.
The Thirty-Third Annual Encampment was held dt
Danville, May 16, 17 and 18, 1899. Commander John C.
Black.
The Thirty-Fourth Annual Encampment was held at
Jacksonville, 111., May 3 and 4, 1900. John B. Inman Com-
mander.
The Thirty-Fifth Annual Encampment was held at
48 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Peoria, 111., May 15 and 16, 1901. Joel M. Longenecker
Commander.
The Thirty-Sixth Annual Encampment was held at
Rock Island, May 21 and 22, 1902. N. B. Thistlewood Com-
mander.
The Thirty-Seventh Annual Encampment was held at
East St. Louis, May 6 and 7, 1903. H. M. Trimble Com-
mander.
The Thirty-Eighth Annual Encampment held at
Springfield, April 27 and 28, 1904. Benson Wood Com-
mander.
The Thirty-Ninth Annual Encampment held at Rock-
ford, May 24 and 25, 1905. Robert Mann Woods Com-
mander.
The Fortieth Annual Encampment held at Galesburg,
May 23 and 24, 1906. John Corson Smith Commander.
The Forty-First Annual Encampment held at Decatur,
May 22 and 23, 1907. Edwin H. Buck Commander.
The Forty-Second Annual Encampment held at
Quincy, May 20 and 21, 1908. A. C. Matthews, Com-
mander.
The Forty-Third Annual Encampment held at Aurora,
May 18, 19 and 20, 1909. Joseph Rosenbaum Commander.
The Forty-Fourth Annual Encampment held at Free-
port, 23, 24 and 25, 1910. Philip C. Hayes Commander.
The Forty-Fifth Annual Encampment held at Joliet,
June 13, 14 and 15, 1911. James A. Connolly Commander.
The Forty-Sixth Annual Encampment held at Peoria,
May 22, 23 and 24, 1912. Christopher C. Dufify Commander.
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 49
NATIONAL ENCAMPMENTS GRAND ARMY OF
THE REPUBLIC.
Colonel Healy attended the following National Encamp-
ments as a delegate from the Department of Illinois :
Eighth National Encampment, Harrisburg, Pa., 1874.
Ninth National Encampment, Chicago, 111., May 12,1875.
Tenth National Encampment, Philadelphia, Pa.,
June 30th, 1876.
Thirteenth National Encampment, Albany, N. Y., 1879.
Fourteenth National Encampment, Dayton, Ohio, 1880.
Fifteenth National Encampment, Indianapolis, 1881.
Sixteenth National Encampment, Baltimore, Md., 1882.
Seventeenth National Encampment, Denver, Colo., 1883.
Eighteenth National Encampment, Minneapolis, Minne-
sota, 1884.
Nineteenth National Encampment, Portland, Me., 1885.
Twentieth National Encampment, San Francisco,
Calif., 1886.
Twenty-first National Encampment, St. Louis, Mis-
souri, 1887.
Twenty-second National Encampment, Columbus,
Ohio, 1888.
Twenty-third National Encampment, Milwaukee.
Wis., 1889.
Twenty-fourth National Encampment, Boston,
Mass., 1890.
Twenty-fifth National Encampment. Detroit, Mich-
igan, 1891.
50 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Twenty-sixth National Encampment, Washington,
D. C, 1892.
Twenty-eighth National Encampment, Pittsburgh,
Pa, 1894.
Twenty-ninth National Encampment, Louisville,
Ky., 1895.
Thirtieth National Encampment, St. Paul, Minn., 1896.
Thirty-first National Encampment, Buffalo, N. Y., 1897.
Thirty-third National Encampment, Philadelphia,
Pa., 1899.
Thirty-fourth National Encampment, Chicago, III, 1900.
Thirty-fifth National Encampment, Cleveland, O., 1901.
Thirty-sixth National Encampment, Washington,
D. C, 1902.
Thirty-eighth National Encampment, Boston, 1904.
Thirty-ninth National Encampment, Denver, Col., 1905.
Fortieth National Encampment, Minneapolis, Minne-
sota, 1906.
Forty-first National Encampment, Saratoga Springs,
N. Y., 1907.
Forty-second National Encampment, Toledo, O., 1908.
Forty-fourth National Encampment, Atlantic City,
N. J., 1910.
Forty-fifth National Encampment, Rochester, N.
Y., 1911.
Forty-sixth National Encampment, Los Angeles,
Calif., 1912.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 51
Chicago Veteran Union League
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON LECTURES AND
POLITICAL ACTION.
Chicago, January 4th, 1887.
To the Officers and Members of the Veteran Union League:
Your Committee herewith present its report for the year.
Numerous meetings of the commitee were held from time to time
and several plans were devised and thoroughly discussed to provide
not only seveial entertainments for the members, but also some
kind of entertainment that might help to bring assistance to the
treasury of the League. These projects were however regretfully
abandoned, for at no time were the opportunities such as to war-
rant your committee in the belief that success would attend their
efforts, and it is a principle of this League, which your committee
have always kept in view, not to enter upon any undertaking
without a well founded assurance of a successful issue. When,
however, the last political campaign was commenced, your com-
mittee assumed the duty of presenting a request to the Cook
County Republican Executive Committee to be permitted to or-
ganize the opening republican meeting of the campaign. The
League was not then well known as a political power, and the
Executive Committee received our request at first with more or
less coolness and hesitation. One of your committee was, how-
ever, also a member of that executive committee and urged with
all the power at his command the granting of the request in
behalf of the League. Finally the request was granted.
Your Committee immediately went to work, organized the
movement, obtained the services of some of the ablest speakers
of the State, corresponded with all the leading republican or-
ganizations of the City and County, and relieved the County
Executive Committee from all the detail and responsibility in-
cident to such an enterprise. We struck the key-note by making
the opening meeting the "Logan Meeting," and that was the last
meeting, save one, at which the eloquent voice of General Logan,
our comrade was heard in public in Cook County. We need
not rehearse the events of that evening. Suffice it to say that it
was by the public and by the press recognized as one of the most
important, one of the most enthusiastic and one of the most sue-
52 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
cessful mass-meetings ever organized by the republicans in this
County. It awakened an interest and gave such an impetus to the
campaign that the ensuing republican majority v^^hich was given
at the November electon was largely due to the successful opening
shot hred under the auspices of the Veteran Union League.
The executive committee most cheerfully audited and paid all
the expenses which we incurred, and passed unanimously the
following vote of thanks to this League for the efficient service
rendered the party.
HEADQUARTERS COOK COUNTY REPUBLICAN
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
174 Madison Street, Chicago, Oct. 11, 1886.
James J. Healy, Esq., Pres't Veteran Union League:
Dear Sir: — I am directed by the Executive Committee to ex-
press to you their hearty appreciation of the efiforts of your or-
ganization in bringing about the magnificent meeting at Central
Music Hall, Oct. 9th, and to return their thanks for the impetus
its success has given the campaign.
This was by unanimous vote of the Committee at its meeting
to-day. Respectfully,
P. BIRD PRICE, Sec'ty.
We do not mention these facts in any spirit of boasting; we
feel that it would have afiforded the committee great satisfaction
had they been able to perform the duties which pertain to its
work more efficiently, but, as we said we could not find the times
auspicious for any social or other form of entertainments.
The League has now become recognized publicly as a leading
political power, and we believe that its future is certain and that
its aid will be sought for in many fields, where hard fighting and
honorable victory are to be expected.
Respectfully submitted;
WM. R. PAGE. Chairman,
E. C. HAMBURGHER,
JNO. J. HEALY. Committee.
Chicago, December 28th, 1888.
To the Members of the Chicago Veteran Union League,
Gentlemen:
The undersigned, being in favor of the re-election of Comrade
James J. Healy for President of the League, deem it proper at this
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY. 53
time to invite the attention of the members to a review of the
history of the organization, in order that a thorough understanding
of its prosperity and progress during his administration may be had.
The League was formed primarily as a social, literary and
political organization, making the social and literary features prom-
inent, and leaving the political part as a secondary consideration.
This continued to be the policy through the administrations of
Comrades Perce and Scribner, who were its first Presidents, and
was varied only upon the election of Comrade Healy, which oc-
curred on the 6th of October, 1885, when the political part of the
organization was made its chief feature, and the social and literary
parts became of secondary importance. With this change of pol-
icy, and through the untiring industry and zeal of the new Presi-
dent, commenced the growth, usefulness and power of the League,
which to-day is considered equal to any political organization in
the State.
Comrade Healy never sought an election as President, but,
feeling a deep interest in the welfare of the League, deemed it a
duty, when called upon, to accept any responsibility and to strive
to make the organization a success. He presided first at the meet-
ing held November 3d, 1885, and on the 30th of that month a report
of the Finance Committee showed a balance in the treasury amount-
ing to $55.36, with bills outstanding amounting to $250.00. It was
at that time that some of the members, whose efforts then, and, in
fact, until very recently, seemed to have been given to breaking up
the League made the proposition to dispose of the effects of the or-
ganization, pay the debts, expend whatever balance there might be
for a final banquet, and disband. This proposition was rejected by
a large majority, but it served to strengthen the determination of
the new President to make a grand success of the organization.
From that time on the finances have steadily increased, and the
membership has grown larger. From the War-Song Concert, given
in the Auditorium Building the night before the Convention, and
which was conceived and carried out with such signal success al-
most wholly by Comrade Healy, ably assisted by Comrades Wm.
R. Page and James Leddy, the sum of $4,725.25 was realized, and a
further sum of $106.70 was realized from the Island Park Picnic,
which sums, together with fees and dues, will make the receipts for
the year 1888 amount to about $5,500. There has been expended for
political meetings, new piano, room furnishings, and contributions
54 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
to National and State Committees, during the year, about $2,000.00,
which will leave a balance now on hand of about $3,500.
It has always been the policy of the League to in no way inter-
fere in the matter of nominations but as soon as a Republican Con-
vention has named its candidates, to strive with might and main to
secure success at the polls.
During Comrade Healy's administration as President some of
the most notable and successful political meetings ever gotten up
in this city for the party, have been held under the auspices of the
League. The first of these was in 1886, when our Comrade Col.
Geo. R. Davis was elected County Treasurer. This meeting was
held in Central Music Hall, and was addressed by Gen. Logan and
others. It was the largest and most successful meeting of the
campaign, and the League received the unanimous thanks of the Re-
publican Central Committee for the good it did the party.
The next great meeting was in the spring of 1887, when Mayor
Roche was elected. It was held in Battery D Armory, was pre-
sided over by the Hon. Murry Nelson, and was addressed by Gov.
Oglesby, Mayor Roche, Hon. John F. Finerty, Hon. Stephen A.
Douglas, Col. C. L. Easton, Col. E. A. Calkins and others.
The last great meeting was held during the recent Presidential
Campaign and crowded to their utmost capacity both Battery D
and Cavalry Armories, thousands being turned away unable to ob-
tain admission. This was on the occasion of the visit of the Hon.
James G. Blaine. The Battery D. meeting was called to order by
James J. Healy, President of the League, who introduced Gov.
Oglesby as the presiding officer.
The Cavalry Armory meeting was in the absence of First Vice-
President Thompson, called to order by Samuel B. Raymond, Esq.,
who introduced Mayor Roche as the presiding ofificer. These meet-
ings were among the largest and most enthusiastic ever held in this
city. The entire expense of the latter amounting to more than
$1,000, was paid by the League out of its treasury.
It will be seen by this brief recital that the very existence of the
organization, to say nothing of its successful operations and pros-
perity, is due more to the efforts of Comrade James J. Healy than
to any other person, and we think that now when the League has
attained a recognized power and influence that it would be ingrati-
tude to the one who had labored so hard and successfully to achieve
this success to deprive him of the honor of being its President.
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
Appended hereto is a circular through which a large number of
the members have expressed their reasons for supporting Comrade
Healy for the Presidency of the League for the ensuing year.
The undersigned, members of the Veteran Union League of
Chicago, realizing that under the able administration of Comrade
James J. Healy as President, our organization has prospered far
beyond the expectation of the most sanguine. Its membership has
greatly increased, its influence and power has increased, and its
treasury is in good condition, all these beneficent conditions are
largely due to the energy and untiring industry of our President.
In view of these facts we desire the re-election of Comrade Healy
in order that we may show our appreciation of the services he has
rendered, and we hereby agree to vote for him.
P. T. McELHERNE,
HENRY R. ZIMPEL.
HENRY WULFF.
WM. L. SOUTHWORTH,
H. H. EVANS.
S. W. RIDERBURG.
JOHN BURNS.
C. F. HALL.
C. J. HAMLIN.
J. C. NUTTING.
T. E. CALKINS.
E. A. CALKINS,
HENRY E. FISK.
JACOB GROSS.
JOS. P. DUFFY.
OTTO DEHLING.
A. J. CALDER.
WM. T. BALL.
HENRY H. HANDY.
MARCUS A. FARWELL.
GEO. A. GIBBS.
W. S. PARKER.
JULIUS STARRETT.
D. W. NICKERSON.
L. H. HEBEL.
W. J. MANNING.
WILEY S. SCRIBNER.
E. F. BROOKS.
HENRY R. SANDES.
SAMUEL KERR.
F. S. ALLEN.
JOSEPH HARVEY.
WM. H. KING.
THEO. F. BROWN.
W. H. COULSTON.
J. H. CLAPP.
CHAS. E. ERBY.
JOHN REICH.
C. F. SMALE.
P. McGRATH.
E. C. HAMBURGHER.
G. FRANK WHITE.
WM. E. WINHOLTZ.
HENRY WHITE.
C. M. HARDY.
E. T. HEAD.
NOBLE E. JUDAH.
WM. LUDEWING.
EDGAR P. TOBEY.
CHAS. E. SCHARLAU.
W. H. HARPER.
LE GRAND W. PERCE.
AND MANY OTHERS.
56 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Inaugural Address of President James J. Healy, Delivered Before
the Veteran Union Leagxxe of Chicago, February 5, 1889.
Comrades —
Time, swiftly fleeting, has brought us to the threshold of an-
other fiscal year in the history of the Veteran Union League of
Chicago, of the achievements of which organization during the
year just closed, we, its members, have cause for congratulation.
In entering upon my duties as your presiding officer, it seems
to me fitting to review, not only the unusually important work so
nobly inaugurated and successfully performed, but to outline
briefly what, to me, appears the proper policy for the League to
pursue in order to still further enlarge the scope of its usefulness
as a political factor, considered in its relation to national, state,
county and municipal affairs. The national battle has been fought
and won, and it is a matter of congratulation that the stars and
stripes for the next four years will wave over a loyal Congress and
over a loyal executive, whose fidelity to the flag will not be ques-
tioned.
It is also a matter of congratulation that the very opening gun
in the great campaign which resulted in such a glorious victory
was fired by this organization when, in the convention hall the
night before the assembling of that body, it aroused the slumber-
ing patriotism of the people through the great war song concert
so successfully given under its auspicees.
How much this organization contributed toward the success
of the Republican ticket during the memorable campaign of 1888,
we may never be able accurately to determine, for the influences
exerted for good by the forces set in motion by the effective meth-
ods employed by this body were far-reaching, even to the extreme
limits of our national domain.
A ifew days later in this city, the Hon. John S, Clarkson,
member of the Republican National Committee, referring to this
concert in a speech to a committee of the League, gave expression
to these words:
"We rejoice, as every soldier rejoices and as every loyal -citi-
zen rejoices, at the great victory of our glorious Republican party.
It is a fact, recognized not only by this League, this city, and this
state, that you contributed largely in achieving this success, and
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 57
for that action we take this occasion to thank you. * * * it
was an auspicious opening of the campaign that made the Audi-
torium a temple of victory. It was the first act in this great con-
test for victory. * * * ^he concert you gave ushered in the
coming victory with song. It has been a campaign of song. You
gave it the keynote."
The primary object aimed at was success to the Republican
cause; the secondary the replenishing of its treasury, in order to
have it in our power to contribute to the "sinews of war," and
herein the League holds first place among political organizations
in this state, having contributed over $1,500 for campaign purposes.
The net proceeds of the concert were $4,725.25.
The part your president took in the initiative in the concert
project is not unknown to the League. In this connection permit
me to thank my associate officers, committees, and members for
their fidelity to duty, valuable assistance and uniform courtesy
extended me, without which support, I recognize the fact that my
individual efforts would have been futile.
I take this occasion to especially thank your secretary. Com-
rade E. J. Burkert, and Comrades William R. Page and James
Leddy for faithful and efficient services rendered me in the arduous
and perplexing duties involved in the preliminary work of organi-
zation for the concert.
Socially the League has also prospered. The annual recep-
tion given at the First Regiment Armory and the Fourth of July
picnic at Island Park, the reading of able papers on interesting
topics by Comrades H. P. Thompson, W. F. Calhoun and Mr.
Samuel Parker, of which your lecture committee had charge, all
contributed towards the entertainment and edification of the
League membership.
Valuable presentations were made during the year by unani-
mous vote of this body for services rendered, embracing your
president. Comrades Page and Leddy, and the Hon. A. S. Conger
of Ohio, John S. Clarkson of Iowa, Powell Clayton of Arkansas
and Ferd. W. Peck of Chicago, through whose latter good will
the use of the Auditorium hall became a possibility. I once again
tender my grateful acknowledgement and appreciation of this mark
of your esteem.
The League pilgrimage to Indianapolis to pay its respects to
58 BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
President-elect Harrison, in which your chairman of the commit-
tee on political action, the Hon. John M. Hamilton, took conspic-
uous part, both as a speaker en route and as the chief orator at
Tomlin's hall at Indianapolis, was not without its good results,
the League generously contributing towards the payment of the
expenses of a sister Chicago political club. October 2 the arrange-
ments were perfected for the memorable trip. October 6 the ex-
cursion started to Indianapolis amidst the booming of cannon and
the music of bands. Large and enthusiastic meetings were ad-
dressed at Danville, 111., and Crawfordsville, Ind., by members of
the League and other prominent orators. At Indianapolis a very
pleasant interview was had with General Harrison, and the entire
trip was greatly enjoyed by all. The enthusiasm along the route
traveled, both going and returning, was intense and foretold the
coming victory.
The crowning work of the campaign, and for the consumma-
tion of which this organization paid out of its treasury over $1,000,
resolved itself into the unparalleled ratification meeting held under
the auspices of the League at Battery "D" and old Cavalry armo-
ries on Saturday evening, October 20, 1888, at which, it is estimated
by modest computators, there were over 20,000 people present,
with the Hon. James G. Blaine as the principal orator — Governor
Oglesby presiding at Battery "D" and Mayor Roche at the Cav-
alry armory. These meetings, it is admitted, were the meetings
of the campaign, and served but again to demonstrate that the
services of the League are always sought "whenever and wher-
ever hard fighting is required and important battles are to be won."
The condition of your treasury is eminently satisfactory, there
being, according to your finance committee's annual report, a bal-
ance on hand of $3,674.72; $3,000 being invested in first-mortgage
real estate securities, drawing 634 per cent interest, and leaving a
working cash balance of $674.75 on hand, as against $356.30 in Jan-
uary, 1888.
On January 3, 1888, Comrade W. L. Diston presented to the
League a finely engraved picture of "Andersonville Prison" and a
large, fine photograph of our late comrade and friend. Gen. John
A. Logan.
April 2, Mulvany's great historic painting, "McPherson and
Revenge," which still occupies a conspicuous place in our hall,
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY. 59
was placed on exhibition before the League. At this meeting,
Comrade W. F. Calhoun, late speaker of the Illinois House of
Representatives, entertained us with a very interesting lecture,
"The Veteran's Place in Politics."
July 3, resolutions were passed by the League, by a rising
vote, endorsing the nominations made by the Republican conven-
tions for national and state officers.
August 7, the death of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan was formally
announced, and resolutions of respect to his memory were passed
by a rising vote and ordered engrossed and a copy sent to his
widow. The League has lost by death during the past year three
worthy comrades, viz: Martin Beem, Thomas C. Clark and A.
H. Boyden, and appropriate resolutions of respect to their mem-
ory were passed. At this meeting Comrade Wiley S. Scribner
presented to the League a gavel made out of wood which he
brought from the field of the famous "Battle Above the Clouds,"
on the top of Lookout Mountain, and for which a vote of thanks
was tendered him.
January 1, 1889, the League kept open house during the day,
and many friends called to partake of the tempting lunch which
was served, and to pay their respects to the organization. In the
evening an election of officers was had for the ensuing year; after
which toasts were responded to and army and other songs sung
by the many gifted musicians, members of the organization, who
graced the occasion by their presence.
Our meetings and other gatherings have been a source of pleas-
ure to all, and have been marked by a feeling of good fellowship
which has been highly commendable.
Your secretary has proved himself efficient as a collector,
there remaining but about $450 dues outstanding, not including
current quarter.
The enlargement of present quarters, or the securing of new
quarters, has, for some time past, claimed the attention of your
board of directors, and requires, in my judgment, decisive action.
Our present quarters are not sufficiently commodious for our re-
quirements.
And now, comrades, in conclusion, I again ask you to accept
my sincere thanks for the honor you have coriferred upon me by
60 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY.
selecting me as president for the fourth term, and to assure you
that I shall endeavor to discharge the duties imposed upon me
impartially and to the satisfaction of all.
I appoint the following standing committees for the current
year:
Committee on Political Action — Hon, John M. Hamilton, chair-
man; William R. Page, E. C. Hamburger, O. H. Gillmore, F. M.
Blount.
Committee on Lectures — Theodore F. Brown, chairman;
Charles F. Smale, Julius Starrett.
Committee on Finance — William E. Winholtz, chairman; Rob-
ert F. Wilson, John C. Nutting.
Annual Address of President James J. Healy, Delivered Before
the Union Veteran League of Chicago, January 1, 1890.
Comrades —
The virtual close of another fiscal year in the history of the
Veteran Union League of Chicago, and with it my surrender of
the presidency with which you have honored me for the past four
years, calls for a brief outline of an experience as an organization
fraught with so much that is gratifying, interesting and instruc-
tive. While a retrospective view of its struggles and triumphs
is somewhat closely woven into the woof and warp of my indi-
vidual experience, I cheerfully and unhesitatingly bear testimony
to the valuable aid rendered me by my official associates without
whose cordial support my efforts would have proved futile.
Where all have done so well it almost seems unjust to individ-
ualize, and yet so much is due to your secretary. Comrade Erast
J. Burkert, that I cannot forbear special recognition of his serv-
ices. Accepting the secretaryship at a time antedating my induc-
tion into office by a year and a half, when the position went beg-
ging, because of the fact that the life of the organization had
almost ebbed out, when but little honor and less emolument at-
tached to the position, he has continued to discharge the duties of
said position, the labors involved in which are too often unap-
preciated.
It was at this juncture that you chose me as your presid-
ing officer. The treasury was empty, the League in debt, and
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMIOS J. HEALY. 61
members hesitating after the importunities of your secretary to
pay beyond a single quarter's dues.
Resolutions had been presented to the body in regular session
assembled to surrender the charter, dispose of what ordinary
effects the organization was possessed of, and disband. This
resolution was presented in all seriousness by a comrade who
had repeatedly been honored by important positions in G. A. R.
circles, and a politician not without following in his own ward,
and a man credited with more than ordinary acumen of judgment.
Your secretary consented to continue service in what must at
the time have appeared to him a "forlorn hope," and has remained
at my request throughout my four years' administration, cor-
dially seconding my every effort to advance the interests of the
League.
From unpretentious quarters at 185 Clark street, the League
finds itself in commodious if not luxuriant quarters, with greatly
enlarged facilities for the comfort, convenience and pleasure of
its members and with Grand Army hall for our regular meetings.
Your board of directors more than met the expectations of
the members by thus providing a home in which all may take just
pride, and one to which you may bring your friends without the
necessity of an apology for lack of accommodations.
To your committee on political action is due the credit of the
present political standing of the organization, which is and has
for the past few years been the envy of other and larger (numer-
ically speaking) organizations of like political faith in this city,
demonstrating that I did not err in judgment when I appointed
my advisers.
Your committee on lectures contributed to the material and
social interests of the League in a manner deserving the thanks of
its members.
If you will permit a suggestion in reference to a matter of
considerable importance, financially considered, I will state that I
believe that the buffet should be wholly and exclusively under the
management of the commissary, and a change in the by-laws to
that effect ought to be made.
Comrade Charles F. Smale, who it is hoped may be his own
successor, has proven himself efficient and painstaking, and his
management of the affairs of this department has been such as to
62 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
not only make it self-supporting but a source of considerable
revenue.
The report of your finance committee, when presented, you
will observe, deals in figures of receipts and disbursements which
five years ago would have almost proved startling.
While our expenditures have been large, the manner in which
applied must -commend itself to your judgment as judicious; while
the balance in the treasury is ample guarantee of the perpetuity of
the League, if guided by wise counsel and a continued husbanding
of its resources.
It must be conceded by all that the League has made stu-
pendous strides politically, socially and financially.
Its grand achievements were made possible by the unparal-
leled financial success attained during my administration of affairs,
to which special reference was made in my inaugural of last Feb-
ruary.
The standing of an organization is measured by its usefulness,
and its usefulness determined by its success.
The objects of this organization are as defined by its Consti-
tution, Article I. Name and Objects:
"This association shall be known as the Veteran Union League
of Chicago, and its objects are to be of a social and political char-
acter.
"Social, as far as cultivating, promoting and strengthening
these soldierly and brotherly feelings, which bound together the
comrades of the army and navy, who united to support the Na-
tional Government in its contest with treason, and the suppres-
sion of the late rebellion in the Southern States.
"Political, inasmuch as we believe in, and will uphold, aid and
defend the principles of the Republican party, which are based
upon a paramount respect for, and a fidelity to, the National Con-
stitution and Laws, which are intended to encourage the spread
of universal liberty, equal rights, and jusiice to all men, regardless
of nationality or color, and to inculcate a higher appreciation of
the value and sacred obligations of American citizenship, and to
aid in the enforcement of all laws enacted to preserve the purity
of the ballot box."
Have these been attained? The question can unhesitatingly
be answered in the affirmative.
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A synopsis of the year's work may prove of interest:
Number of members in good standing 338
Being an increase during the year of 73
Active 240
Associate 76
Honorary 17
Cash balance in treasurer's hands Feb. 5, 1889 ••...$ 674.72
Receipts during year 6,404.58
Making a total of $7,079.30
Disbursements 5,977.53
Leaving a cash balance Jan. 1, 1890, of $1,101.77
With $2,000 on interest.
In our satisfaction of success and triumphs, there lingers a sad-
ness in the contemplation of the increasing mortality among our
members, and of death having claimed such shining marks as its
own.
The loss to the League from this source within the past year
alone number four comrades, viz.: Wiley S. Scribner, born Sept.
6, 1840; died Sept. 28, 1889, who was the second president of this
organization and one of its charter members. Lewsi F. Jacobs,
born 1836, died Oct. 21, 1889, who was also a charter member and
a faithful worker in the first board of directors in 1881. The Hon.
P. T. McElherne, associate member, born Feb. 14, 1846; died
Nov. 7, 1889; and J. W. Jackson, aged 49 years.
In conclusion I desire to say that I retire without harboring
a single thought of ill will towards any member of this body, hav-
ing only the kindliest feeling for all.
I may at times have erred in judgment, yet the success cf the
League has been my constant aim. For the forbearance which has
characterized your conduct towards me as your presiding officer
you have my sincere thanks
I trust I shall not lose interest in the future of our organiza-
tion, and pledge my cordial support to the administration which
shall succeed me.
I wish one and all a prosperous and happy New Year.
64 BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
NOTABLE PATRIOTIC CONCERT.
Probably the most successful patriotic concert ever held
in the United States attended by so great and representative
a body of men from every State and territory of the Union
was that held under the auspices of the Veteran Union
League at the Auditorium Theater on the evening of June
18, 1888. The Auditorium Theater, formally opened and
dedicated on that occasion, was then the convention hall
of the Republican National Convention, which nominated
Benjamin Harrison for the presidency. Colonel Healy was
President of the league, the roster of which contained the
names of many a gallant soldier of the wars. On that
bright and inspiring occasion the members of the league,
composed of former soldiers, as active and adherents of
the Republican party as associate members, were afforded
an opportunity to renew "camp fires," and it was taken ad-
vantage of to the fullest. It is recalled that the Illinois
delegates-at-large to that memorable convention were Col.
George R. ("Royal George") Davis, United States Senator
Charles B. Farwell, Gen. Horace S. Clark and William
F. L. Hadley.
Headquarters Veteran Union League,
185 Clark Street, Chicago.
Comrades:
The Veteran Union League takes pleasure in informing you
that arrangements have been perfected with the National Commit-
tee for the use of the great -convention Hall on Monday evening
preceding' the meeting of the convention, on which occasion will
be given a war song concert projected on a grander scale than
anything of the kind heretofore attempted. The services of Profs.
C. M. Currier and S. G. Pratt, both eminent in musical circles, have
been secured to conduct the concert. A military band of fifty
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 65
pieces, a chorus of 500 voices, with a bugle and drum corps, will
constitute the features of the entertainment.
The immense hall will seat nearly 10,000 persons, and will be
gorgeous in its decorations and appointments. This occasion will
afford the only opportunity to thousands of seeing the hall as it
will appear at the meeting of the convention.
Souvenir programs, in addition to the house programs, will be
presented to every ticket holder.
Facilities have been made for reserving seats for persons living
at a distance, if early application shall be made.
Orders for tickets should be addressed to President James J.
Healy, Veteran Union League, accompanied by remittance cover-
ing cost of seats. Tickets admitting one person, $1.00.
Tickets may be had also at the box office, in Lyon & Healy's
nusic store, corner State and Monroe streets.
JAMES J. HEALY, President.
In attendance at the great concert were many of the
noted statesmen and soldiers of the nation and at no time
since has there been so great an assemblage of "stalwarts."
In the vast audience were included the following:
William McKinley, Charles Foster, Senator Joseph B.
Foraker and Benjamin Butterworth, of Ohio ; Powell Clay-
ton, Arkansas ; Morris M. Estee, California ; Henry R. Wol-
cott, Colorado ; Richard W. Thompson and Clement Stude-
baker, Indiana ; David B. Henderson, Gen. John S. Clarkson,
Joseph P. Dolliver, James F. Wilson and George D. Perkins,
of Iowa ; William O. Bradley, Kentucky ; William Pitt
Kellogg, P. Felix Herwig, P. B. S. Pinchback, Louisiana ;
Charles A. Boutelle, Joseph H. Manley, Maine; George L.
Wellington, Maryland ; Senator George F. Hoar, Massa-
chusetts; Henry M. Dufifield, Michigan; Frank F. Davis,
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Joel P. Heatwole, Minnesota ; Chauncey I. Filley, William
Warner, Missouri; Senator John M. Thurston, Nebraska;
Senator William M. Stewart, William E. Sharon, Nevada ;
J. H. Gallinger, New Hampshire ; John Hart Brewer, New
Jersey; Frank Hiscock, Warner Miller, Chauncey M.
Depew, Thomas C. Piatt, Timothy L. Woodruff, J. Sloat
Fassett, H. H. Warner, New York; Senator Mathew S.
Quay, Daniel H. Hastings, William R. Leeds, Pennsylvania;
N. W. Cuney, Texas ; Senator Redfield Proctor, Vermont ;
Senator John C. Spooner, Henry C. Payne and Hiram O.
Fairchild, of Wisconsin. All of the foregoing were dele-
gates to the Republican convention. Also in the audience
were Gen. John A. and Mrs. Logan of Illinois and the
flower of civil, political and military life of Chicago and the
State, as well as elsewhere throughout the nation. As Presi-
dent of the Veteran LTnion League, Colonel Healy acted as
chairman of the gathering.
The following official report tells of the success of the
enterprise :
HEADQUARTERS VETERAN UNION LEAGUE,
185 CLARK STREET.
Chicago, July 3rd. 1888.
To the Officers and Members of the Veteran Union League,
of Chicago.
Gentlemen: — Your committee, authorized at the last regular
meeting of the League to make the necessary and final arrange-
ments to give a War Song Concert in Convention Hall, Audi-
torium Building, on Monday evening, June 18th, 1888, beg leave
to state that they have carried out the wishes of this organization
to the best of their ability, and with a view both to the musical
and financial success of the enterprise, herewith respectfully sub-
mit the following gratifying report:
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Number of Tickets Printed for War Song Concert, at Convention
Hall, Auditorium Building, Under the Auspices of
Veteran Union League.
Delegate Floor, at $1.00 each 832
Parquette Circle, at $1.00 each 1,885
Main Balcony, at $1.00 each 1,883
Stage Gallery, at $1.00 each 928
Stage, Sec. A to E, at $1.00 each 872
Sec. T, 1 to 119; at $1.00 each 119
Gallery, Secton 1 to 5; at 50 cents each 637
Upper Gallery, at 50 cents each 525
Total 7,681
Number of tickets at $1.00 6,519
Less complimentary 1,594 Cash $4,925
Number of tickets at 50 cents 1,162
Less complimentary 92 Cash $ 535
Cash at door $ 42.00
House programme 60.00
Souvenir programme 806.94
Grand Total $6,368.94
Expenses and Disbursements.
R. Dunham & Co., painting banner $ 26.00
C. M. Currier, chorus and band 925.00
Chicago Herald Co., advertising 24.63
C. S. Cole, souvenir badges for League 100.00
Block Publishing and Printing Co., for flags 30.60
Tribune Company, advertising 64.25
The Inter-Ocean, advertising 28.00
Mrs. Abbie Carrington, soloist 50.00
Leroy Payne, carriage, (Mrs. Carrington) 4.00
Hibbard, Spencer & B. Ammunition 5.20
Chicago Times, advertising 27.50
Chicago Journal, advertising 1 1.25
Tribune, advertising 10.50
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Brown, Pettibone & Co., 2,500 circular prog. & dodgers.. 84.56
Postage stamps 10.00
Directing circulars and envelopes to G. A. R. Posts 4.00
Advertising cards at Lyon & Healy's 2.00
Incidental expenses 5.00
Stamps 2.00
U. D. Brodie, Clerk 9.00
Express on circle to Milwaukee .25
Charles Sommers, ticket agent 50.00
Eagle Sign and Paint Co 2.00
Six (6) signs 5.00
H. Meyers, Clerk 15.00
Table, Lyon & Healy's 5.00
Two cash boxes 4.25
Latham, typewriting 20.00
J. M. W. Jones Company, printing, etc 24.45
Eagle Show Card Company, cards 1 1.00
Wm. R. Page, carpenter work, pd 1.50
James Leddy, pd. for meals for ticket agent 7.25
J. J. Sherman, carpenter work 4.00
Copyist 1.00
J. Meyer, cash clerk 19.00
Nelson Patterson 5.00
Total Disbursements $1,593.19
Recapitulation.
Total Receipts $6,368,94
Total Disbursements 1,593.19
Net receipts $4,775.75
Your committee would recommend that the Finance Com-
mittee be instructed to make arrangements for investing the re-
ceipts of the concert in good, interest-bearing securities; and
that they report their recommendations at the next regular meet-
ing of the League for action thereon.
Your committee would further recommend that the League
take suitable action to fittingly acknowledge the courtesy and
invaluable services of the Honorable J. S. Clarkson, chairman,
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 69
and members of the National Republican Subcommittee; the local
Executive Committee; and Ferdinand W. Peck, President, and
Milward Adams, manager of the Auditorium Building Associa-
tion; Capt. Frank S. Allen of Battery "D," and Capt. Brown of
Co., First Regiment, I. N. C, and Capt. McGrath for floral con-
tributions to League rooms during the Republican National Con-
vention. Respectfully submitted,
JAMES J. HEALY, President,
WM. R. PAGE, Chairman Lecture Com.
JAMES LEDDY,
E. J. BURKERT, Secretary.
The officers of the league at that time were as follows,
several of them having been members since the organization
was incorporated in 1880:
President — James J. Healy.
First Vice-President — H. P. Thompson.
Second Vice-President — William B. Keeler.
Recording Secretary — Erast. J. Burkert.
Treasurer — Charles A. Dibble.
Corresponding Secretary — William H. Coulston.
Marshal — Aaron F. Walcott.
Surgeon — Joseph S. Lane, M. D.
Chaplain — The Rt. Rev. Bishop Samuel Fallows.
Judge Advocate — William J. Manning.
Commissary — James Leddy.
yuartermaster — Robert F. Wilson.
Others prominently identified with the affairs of the
league were Frank S. Allen, Lew F. Jacobs, Wiley S.
Scribner, Canute R. Matson, William R. Page, John J.
Healy, E. C. Hamburgher, William H. King and Francis A.
Riddle.
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FAVORITE WAR TIME SONGS.
The following" favorite war time songs were sung at the
great concert :
Hail Columbia.
Military Band, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and Audience.
To be Sung in Unison.
Hail, Columbia, happy land !
Hail, ye heroes ! heaven born band !
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause,
Who fought and bled in Freedom's cause.
And when the storm of war was gone.
Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast.
Ever mindful what it cost;
Ever grateful for the prize.
Let its altar reach the skies.
Chorus : — Firm, united let us be.
Rallying round our liberty !
As a band of brothers joined.
Peace and safety we shall find.
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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp.
Solo — Men's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and
Audience.
In the battle front we stood
When their fiercest charge they made,
And they swept us off a hundred men or more,
But before we reach'd their hnes,
They were beaten back dismay'd.
And we heard the cry of vict'ry o'er and o'er.
Chorus: — Tramp, Tramp, Tramp, the boys are marching,
Cheer up, comrades, they will come.
And, beneath the starry flag,
We shall breathe the air again
Of the freeland in our own beloved homes.
So within the prison cell,
We are waiting for the day
That shall come to open wide the iron door,
And the hollow eye grows bright,
And the poor heart almost gay.
As we think of seeing home and friends once more.
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Tenting Tonight.
Solo — Men's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and
Audience.
We're tenting to-night on the old Camp ground,
Give us a song to cheer
Our weary hearts, a song of home,
And friends we love so dear.
Chorus : — Many are the hearts that are merry to-night.
It is that the war has ceased,
Happy are the hearts, looking for the right,
To see the dawn of peace.
Tenting to-night, tenting to-night.
Tenting on the old Camp ground,
Dying on the old Camp ground.
We've been tenting to-night on the old Camp ground,
Thinking of days gone by.
Of the lov'd ones at home that gave us the hand,
And the tear that said "good-bye!"
We are tired of war on the old Camp ground,
Many are dead and gone.
Of the brave and true who've left their homes.
Others been wounded long.
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Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and Audience.
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored:
He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword,
His truth is marching on.
Chorus: — Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
Glory! glory hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps;
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps ;
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps;
His day is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat ;
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment seat;
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet;
Our God is marching on.
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Marching Through Georgia.
Solo — Men's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and
Audience.
Bring the good old bugle, boys ! we'll sing another song —
Sing it with a spirit that will start the world along —
Sing it as we used to sing it, fifty thousand strong,
While we were marching through Georgia.
Chorus: — Hurrah! hurrah! we bring the jubilee!
Hurrah ! hurrah ! the flag that makes you free !
So we sang the chorus from Atlanta to the sea,
While we were marching through Georgia.
Yes, and there were Union men who wept with joyful tears.
When they saw the honor'd flag they had not seen for years ;
Hardly could they be restrained from breaking forth in cheers
While we were marching through Georgia.
So we made a thoroughfare for freedom and her train,
Sixty miles in latitude — three hundred to the main ;
Treason fled before us, for resistance was in vain.
While we were marching through Georgia.
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Just Before the Battle Mother.
Solo— Men's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and
Audience.
Just before the battle, Mother,
I am thinking most of you,
While upon the field we're watching,
With the enemy in view —
Comrades brave are round me lying.
Filled with thoughts of home and God ;
For well they know that on the morrow,
Some will sleep beneath the sod.
Chorus : — Farewell, mother, you may never
Press me to your heart again.
But, Oh ! you'll not forget me, mother,
If Fm number'd with the slain.
Hark ! I hear the bugles sounding,
'Tis the signal for the fight.
Now, may God protect us. Mother,
As he ever does the right.
Hear the "Battle Cry of Freedom,"
How it swells upon the air.
Oh, yes, we'll rally round the standard,
Or we we'll perish nobly there.
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Rally Round the Flag, Boys.
Solo — Men's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and
Audience.
Yes, we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom,
We will rally from the hill-side, we'll gather from the plain
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
Chorus : — The Union forever, hurrah boys, hurrah,
Down with the traitor, up with the star.
While we rally round the flag, boys, rally once again.
Shouting the battle-cry of freedom.
We are springing to the call of our Brothers gone before,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom,
And we'll fill the vacant ranks with a million freemen more,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom,
And although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave,
Shouting the battle-cry of Freedom.
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Star Spangled Banner.
Solo — Men's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union
League and Audience.
Oh ! say you can see, by the dawn's early hght
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose stripes and bright stars, through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watch'd, were so gallantly streaming ;
And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air.
Gave proof throtigh the night that our flag was still there!
Chorus : — Oh say, does that star spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
Oh ! thus be it ever when freemen shall stand.
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation,
Blest with vic'try and peace, may the heav'n rescued land,
Fraise the pow'r that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto, "In God is our trust."
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The Vacant Chair.
Solo— Children's Voices, Grand Chorus, Veteran Union
League and Audience.
We shall meet, but we shall miss him,
There will be one vacant chair;
We shall linger to caress him,
While we breathe our evening pray'r,
When a year ago we gathered,
Joy was in his mild blue eye.
But a golden chord is severed.
And our hopes in ruin lie.
Chorus : — We shall meet, but we shall miss him.
There will be one vacant chair.
We shall linger to caress him.
When we breathe our evening prayer.
True, they tell us wreaths of glory
Ever more will deck his brow,
But this soothes the anguish only
Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now.
Sleep to-day, O early fallen,
In thy green and narrow bed,
Dirges from the pine and cypress
Mingle with the tears we shed.
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When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
Laml)ert
Grand Chorus, Veteran Union League and Audience.
When Johnny comes marching home again,
Hurrah ! hurrah !
We'll give him a heart.v welcome then,
Hurrah ! hurrah !
The men will cheer, the boys will shout.
The ladies they will all turn out.
Chorus :— And we'll all feel gay when Johnny comes marching home.
Get ready for the Jubilee,
Hurrah ! hurrah 1
We'll give the hero three times three.
Hurrah ! hurrah !
The laurel wreath is ready now.
To place upon his loyal brow.
Let love and friendship on that day
Hurrah ! hurrah !
Their choicest treasures then display,
Hurrah ! hurrah !
And let each one perform some part,
To fill with joy the warrior's heart.
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America.
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty.
Of thee I sing;
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrim's pride.
From every mountain side.
Let Freedom ring.
Our fathers' God, to thee.
Author of liberty,
To thee we sing;
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light;
Protect us by thy might,
Great God, our King.
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PURPOSE OF ORGANIZATION.
The Veteran Union League of Chicago was organized in
eighteen hundred and eighty, for the purpose of giving impteus
to the movement of building a Memorial Hall, adapted to the
wants of the various veteran organizations of the City of Chi-
cago and Cook County, and serving as headquarters for the vet-
eran stranger passing through the city, and to help mould a sen-
timent specially looking to the interests and general welfare of
those who so valiantly fought in the cause of the Union during
our late Civil war.
Believing that these interests were best subserved by identifi-
cation with the party representing advanced ideas upon the living
issues growing out of the successful prosecution of the war for
the preservation of the Union, the principles of the Republican
party were made the foundation-stone of this organization, as
indicated by the following clause in its Constitution, viz.:
This Association shall be known as the Veteran Union League
of Chicago, and its objects are to be of a social and political char-
acter.
Social as far as cultivating, promoting and strengthening those
soldierly and brotherly feelings, which bound together the com-
rades of the army and navy, who united to support the National
Government in its contest with treason, and the suppression of
the late rebellion in the Southern States.
Political, inasmuch as we believe in, and will uphold, aid and
defend the principles of the Republican party, which are based
upon a paramount respect for, and a fidelity to, the National Con-
stitution and Laws, which are intended to encourage the spread
of universal liberty, equal rights, and justice to all men, regardless
of nationality or color, and to inculcate a higher appreciation of
the value and sacred obligations of American citizenship, and to
aid in the enforcement of all laws enacted to preserve the purity
of the ballot box.
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Complete Roster of the Veteran Union League in 1888.
Allen, Frank S Active.
Adams, Abbott L..
Adams, Geo. E
Avery, William ... "
Adler, Dankmar.
Abbott, Dr. G. B
Aldrich. Jas. V. .
Alexander, H. C.
Andrus, W. D. E
Woodstock, 111.
Chicago
.Associate. Chicago
Richmond, 111.
Chicago
.Active ....
Rockford, 111.
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Chicago
Battershall, Frank. Act
Brooks, Edwin F. ..
Bluthardt, Dr. T. J.
Ball, Farlin Q
Beye, William ....
Burkert, Erast J. ..
Benze, Hermann...
Burst, John W
Sycamore, 111.
Boyd, T. C " Chicago
Brainard, W. N Associate. Chicago
Becker, Charles. . ..Active. .. .
Belleville, 111.
Barker, Jno. C . . . . Active .... Chicago
Bacon, Roswell B . .Associate . Chicago
Blount, F. M " Chicago
Boyden, A. H Active .. .Deceased
Best, Henry Associate .Chicago
Blake, E. Nelson... " Chicago
Burns, John " Chicago
Beem, Martin Active ... Deceased
Bradish, A. B " Ottawa, 111.
Berggren, A. W. . ..Associate
Galesburg, 111.
Bradley, U M Active Chicago
Brown, Theodore F. " Chicago
Coulston, Wm. H ...Active. .. .Chicago
Clark, David W... " Chicago
Cotton, Dr. Alfred C. " Chicago
Clarke, Thos. C... " Chicago
Calkins, T. E " Chicago
Connolly, Jas. A . . .
Springfield. 111.
Crews, Seth F Associate .Chicago
Calder, Arthur J .. .Active .... Chicago
Carr, Clark E Associate
Galesburg, 111.
Chetlain, A. L Active. .. .Chicago
Calhoun, W. F " Clinton, 111.
Camp, Dr. CD.... " Chicago
Calkins, E. A " Chicago
Dibble. Chas. A Active Chicago
Davis, Geo. R " Chicago
Dement, Henry D.. "
Springfield, 111.
Doud, M. P " Chicago
Dehling, Otto Associate . Chicago
Dickason. D. T .... Active ... .
Danville, 111.
Duffy, Jos. P Associate. Chicago
Dunham, R. W. ... " Chicago
Distin, Wm. L Active. . Quincy, 111.
Dillman. L. M " Chicago
Dietrich. Henry S. " Chicago
Ellithorpe, A. C ... Active ... .Chicago
Evans, H. H " Aurora, 111.
Erby, Chas E Associate. Chicago
Floyd, Jno. R Active .... Chicago
Fallows, Rt. Rev. Sam'l " Chicago
Fitch. John A " Chicago
Farnham. Geo. M.. " Chicago
Fernald, J. W Associate .Chicago
Foster, J. T Active .... Chicago
Fifer, Jos. 'W
Bloomington, 111.
Farmer, Geo. T. .. .Active. .. .Chicago
Funk. B. F
Bloomington, 111.
Finerty. Jno. F. ... Active .... Chicago
Fisk, Henry E " Chicago
Gross. Jacob Active. .. .Chicago
Graves. Niel S " Chicago
Cleghorn, James... " Deceased
Gilmore, O. H Associate
Woodstock, 111.
Gibbs, Geo. A Associate. Chicago
Gault, T. B " Chicago
Gilbert. Jas. H.... " Chicago
Gleason, H. J Active ... .Chicago
Gerry, Henry E.... " Chicago
Gunlock, Phil E... " Chicago
Goodman, J. E " Chicago
G-leason. W. H Associate . Chicago
Hanchett. Seth F. . Active ... .Chicago
Healy, John J " Chicago
Healy, James J.... " Chicago
Hogin, O. E " Chicago
Herrick, Chas. K . . " Chicago
Hamburgher, E. C. " Chicago
Huther, Edward . . " Chicago
Handy, Henry H.. " Chicago
Harper, Wm. H " Chicago
Hilliard, Hiram ... " Deceased
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Harvey, Joseph ... Associate . Chicago
Hamilton, Jno. IM .. Active ... .Chicago
Hamlin, Chas. J... " Chicago
Hill, Francis H.... " Chicago
Hersey, John " Chicago
Hanecy, Elbridge. .Associate. Chicago
Hall, Richard B . . . Active .... Chicago
Hough, S. L Associate. Chicago
Hardy, Chas M.... " Chicago
Herman, J. J Active. ... Chicago
Holabird, Wm Associate. Chicago
Hopkins, A. J " Chicago
Hall, William Active. .. .Chicago
Hall. Chas. F " Chicago
Hebel, Louis " Chicago
Head, E. F Associate .Chicago
Hogan, Daniel . . . .Active. . . .
Mound City, 111.
Heistant. Henry . .Active. .. .Chicago
Hoyt, Henry W. B. . " Chicago
Hertz, Henry L,. ... Associate .Chicago
Hemstreet, W. J. . .Active. .. .Chicago
Jacobs, Lewis F. . .Active. .. .Chicago
Jackson, J. W " Chicago
Jones, J. Blackburn " Chicago
Judah, Noble B. .. .Associate. Chicago
Kendall. Jno. S .... Active ... .Chicago
King. Wm. H " Chicago
Kantzler, Fred M.. " Chicago
Kelley, Henry C. . .Active. .. .Chicago
Keeler, Wm. Betts. " Chicago
Kerr, Samuel Associate. Chicago
Kaufman, W. S. . ..Active. ... Chicago
Kleist, Albert " Chicago
Lane, Dr. Jos. S. . .Active ... .Chicago
Logan, John A.... " Deceased
Loeb, William " Chicago
Leddy, James .... " Chicago
Ludevi^ing. Wm. . . " Chicago
Lyon, David J " Chicago
Loop, Chas. B "
Belvidere. 111.
Lauf, Joseph Active. . . .Chicago
Morgan, Jas. W. .. Active .... Chicago
Matson. Canute R. " Chicago
McGrath. Patrick.. " Chicago
Miller, Truman W. " Chicago
Miksch. Aaron J... " Chicago
Mayer, Leopold.... " Chicago
Montgomery. E. H . " Chicago
Mahoney, Jas. V... " Chicago
Manning, W. R.... " Newton. la.
Matteson, C. F " Chicago
Morrison, W. M .... Associate .Chicago
McCord, Jno. C... " Chicago
McElherne, P. T... " Chicago
Manning, Wm. J. . " Chicago
Morgan, Francis A. Active ... Deceased
McClcllan, Thos. S. " Chicago
McNulta, John ....
Bloomington. 111.
Nordhem, J. B .... Active. ... Chicago
Nutting. Jno C ... .Associate. Chicago
Nickerson, D. W... " Chicago
Oti
A Activi
. Chicag
Perce, Le Grand W. Active. . . .Chicago
Purington, D. V " Chicago
Patterson, Nelson.. '' Chicago
Parker, Thos. A... " Chicago
Page. Wm. R " Chicago
Potter, A. C " Chicago
Palmer, Jno. W. . ..Associate. Chicago
Parker. Walter S.. " Chicago
Phillips, Jos. S. .. .Active. .. .Chicago
Pechota, Frank J.. Associate. Chicago
Randolph, S. M ... .Active .... Chicago
Ryan, D. W " Chicago
Rose, Wm. H " Chicago
Rumsey, Jno. W. .. " Chicago
Rector, Chas. E.... " Chicago
Reich, John Associate. Chicago
Raymond. Sam'l B. " Chicago
Roche, John A " Chicago
Roper, Geo. S Active....
Rockford, 111.
Richards, E. E Active ....
Woodstock, 111.
Rinaker, John I ... .Active. .. .
Carlinville, 111.
Reuter, H. F Active
Nashville, 111.
Reade, A. D " Batavia, 111
Riderburg, S. W. .. Associate . Chicago
Smith. Robt. W. .. .Active ... .Chicago
Scribner, Wiley S.. " Chicago
Smale, Chas. F.... " Chicago
Sexton. James A... " Chicago
Stockton. Joseph... " Chicago
Southworth, Wm. L. " Chicago
Stewart. Jas. E.... " Chicago
Sherwln, Ezra B. ..
Norwood Park
Swin. Edgar D .... Active .... Chicago
Smith. Eli " Chicago
Straub. John A.... " Chicago
Sweetser, A. C
Bloomington, 111.
Smith, Jno. C Active .... Chicago
Smith. Elvin H.... " Chicago
Scharlau, Chas. E.. " Chicago
Swigert, Chas. P ..
Springfield, 111.
Stinson, Jno. F. .. .Active. .. .Chicago
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Stevenson. R. C. . ..
Singer, A. L
Smyth, Jno. M . . . .
Slosser, Mac
Smith, W. Treese. .
South worth, G. S. .
Starrett, Julius . .
Sandes, Henry R.,
Scoville, Louis P..
Struckman, Geo...
Torrence, Jos. T.
Tobey, Ed. P
Tanner, Jno. R..,,
Chicago
.Associate. Chicago
Chicago
Active. . . .Chicago
Chicago
Woodstock, 111.
. Associate . Chicago
.Active. . . .Chicago
.Associate. Chicago
.Active. . . .Chicago
Acti
.Chicago
Chicago
Pecatonica, 111.
Chicago
Towne, Orrin C. . .
Thompson, H. P. . .
Umbdenstock, M. . . Active .... Chicago
Vanderpoel, Jno Associate. Chicago
Varnum, Clark .... " Newton, la.
Vocke, William .. .Active. .. .Chicago
Vliet, E Associate. Chicago
"WlUett, Consider H. Active. . . .Chicago
Woolley, G. A " Deceased
White, Julius " Chicago
Walcott, Aaron F.. " Chicago
'Woodman, Chas. W. " Chicago
Whitten, C. C Associate.
Toledo. la.
Wilson, Robt. F... Active Chicago
Wright, A. S
Woodstock, 111.
Watson, A. H " Chicago
Whitman, J. A . . . . " Chicago
White, G. Frank... " Chicago
Williams, H. S .\ssociate.
Harvard, 111.
Wagner, D. S " Chicago
Woodward, Jas. L, . " Chicago
Willitts, Geo. Spenser " Chicago
WulfE, Henry " Chicago
Wainwright, J. W. " Chicago
White, Henry Active .... Chicago
Wenrich, Adam P. " Chicago
Young, Wm. H . .
Young, Albert W.
.Chicago
Harvard.
Zimmerman, M. V. Active .... Chicago
Zimple, Henry R... " Chicago
Zimmerman, N. B . Associate .Chicago
Chas. L. Easton Chicago
Wm. T. Johnson Chicago
John C. Dore Chicago
Louis Hutt Chicago
Jno. Lyle King Chicago
Mason B. Loomis Chicago
B. R. Bliss Chicago
G. N. Lydston Chicago
Dr. J. L. Clapp Chicago
H. S. Winslow Newton, la.
B. Jordan Chicago
Ferdinand W. Peck Chicago
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MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN SERVICE.
October 6th, 1896, Colonel Healy, as stated, took com-
mand of the Heroes' Battalion, in compliance with the fol-
lowing orders, viz :
"Chicago, April 3rd. 1896.
"The following detail under the management of the Veteran
Union League will report to Charles P. Hitch, Chairman of the
Republican State Central Committee, on October 6, 1896, for active
duty, at the I. C. R. R. depot. No. 1 Park Row, to leave with train
at 7 p. m.
"Detail for Gun — Sergt. Samuel W. Lawrence; David Penman,
No. 1 on gun; Walter Batty, No. 2 on gun; Edwin Milbrouse, No.
3 on gun; Clarence Starling, No. 4 on gun; Henry Miller, No. 5
on gun; Eustice Crudge and Edwin Kirchberg will have charge of
powder; Thomas P. Riley will have charge of mortar.
"Captain James J. Healy, Chairman of the Committee on Po-
litical Action of the Veteran Union League of Chicago, will be in
command of artillery and mortar during the tour of the state, to be
made by Generals Alger, Sickles, Howard and their companions.
"C. P. HITCH,
"Chairman of the State Republican Central Committee."
This expedition on the part of the "Flying Squadron"
sent throughout Illinois on the occasion of the great presi-
dential campaign of 1896 was a notable innovation in poli-
tics, and was of great service to the Republican party in
the State. It attracted attention throughout the Union,
especially as its oratorical battery was composed of no less
a company than Corporal James Tanner, who became
National Commander of the Grand Army of the Republic ;
former Governor Richard H. Oglesby, Governor John R.
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Tanner, Gen. O. O. Howard, John L. Beveridge, Gen. Rus-
sell A. Alger, Gen. Daniel Sickles, John M. Hamilton and
Gen. Thomas J. Stewart, Adjutant General, Pennsylvania
National Guards. The late James B. Bradwell, Cook
county's pioneer County and Probate Judge, who possessed
a vast knowledge of men and affairs, made the following
comments in the Chicago Legal News on the famous trip
by the "Governors' Flying Squadron" through Illinois :
"Major Healy did valiant service during the State and
National Republican campaigns for Governor Tanner and
President McKinley and the tickets they represented. He
was in charge of the 'Governors' Flying Squadron,' which
consisted of a large train of cars, upon which was Governor
Tanner, and all living Republican ex-Governors of the State.
One car was fitted up in true military style with a twelve-
pound brass cannon and a mortar. This train was run
over the principal railroads of the State and stopped from
thirty to sixty minutes at the principal cities of the State.
For miles before he reached city. Major Healy would open
fire, and when the train stopped the ex-Governors would
emerge from their fort, show themselves upon the platform
and open fire in oratory as vigorously upon the opposing
party as Major Healy had with the artillery.
"Major Healy had charge of the Patriots Heroes' Bat-
talion, which was taken through the State upon a train,
in like manner as the 'Governors' Flying Squadron.' The
men in this battalion who made the speeches were some of
the ablest, bravest and most distinguished Generals of the
late war. The effect of their charges of oratory was ir-
resistible, and there is no estimating the influence this bat-
talion had upon the voters of this State. This was an en-
tirely new mode of campaigning. We have no doubt it
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will be followed in the future. The idea of announcing the
coming of a political railroad train laden with orators by
the firing of cannon, and halting only thirty or sixty minutes
for speeches and for meeting the people, and then with
lightning speed approaching the next city in like manner,
not only excited the people, but called them out."
TRIBUTE OF VETERAN UNION LEAGUE.
As a mark of the esteem in which Colonel Healy was
held by the Veteran Union League, of which he became a
member October 6, 1880, retiring as President February 5,
1890, the organization met January 1, 1890, and adopted the
following preamble and resolution :
"Whereas, Fidelity to duty, enthusiasm in its performance, suc-
cess in its accomplishment, approbation of friends, associates and
comrades of the results attained, constitute all the elements which
stamped as successful the official career of an executive officer.
These qualities have in the highest degree been combined in the
administration of our retiring President, CAPTAIN JAMES J.
HEALY.
"Through his efforts and by his wise and careful supervision, the
League has been placed upon a firm financial basis, and has been
elevated to a position of social and political importance never before
attained by any similar organization; therefore
"Resolved, That the thanks of each and every member of the
League are hereby tendered to Captain James J. Healy for his
fidelity at all times to its best interests, and that in laying down
the trust he has so well administered, and retiring from the office
he has so impartially filled, he carries with him the respect and the
best wishes of the entire membership of the Veteran Union League.
D. W. CLARK, President,
ERAST. J. BURKERT, Secretary.
N. A. REED, JR.,
E. A. CALKINS,
W. S. COY,
Committee."
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Memorial Day Services
It was Col. Healy's privilege to act as chief marshal
of the Memorial day parade of 1907, on which occasion
Chicago witnessed a splendid phalanx of veterans of the
war of the rebellion, the conflict with Spain in connection
with Cuba and the Philippines, as well as a sprinkling of
regulars who saw service in connection with the Boxer
troubles in China. The appearance of the local regiments
of the Illinois National guard, the United States troops from
Fort Sheridan, and the men of the Naval militia was re-
marked upon as most creditable.
Herewith is Col. Healy's commission as chief marshal
of the parade issued by the Memorial Association of Cook
county through Henry S. Dietrich, chairman of the com-
mittee :
Headquarters, Grand Army of the Republic,
Memorial Association of Cook County,
Memorial Hall.
Chicago, 111., March 18th, 1907.
Lt. Col. James J. Healy,
558 Rookery Bldg., Chicago.
Dear Sir and Comrade:
I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the com-
mittee of arrangements of Memorial Day Parade, held Saturday,
March 16th, 1907, you were selected as Chief Marshal of the Parade.
Your early acceptance will be highly appreciated.
Yours in F. C. & L.,
HENRY S. DIETRICH,
Chairman of Committee.
Chicago, March 19, 1907.
Col. Henry S. Dietrich,
Chairman of Committee on Memorial Day Parade.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your communica-
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.•ion advising me of my selection as Chief Marshal of Memorial
Day Parade, May 30th, 1907. I accept this great honor and thank
my comrades sincerely for their favorable consideration and will
use my best endeavor in connection with your Committee to make
the Parade a deserved success. I remain, yours most respectfully
in F. C. & L.
JAMES J. HEALY.
The chief marshal's staff on the occasion of the parade
incktded Col. Charles R. E. Koch, adjutant-general; C. S.
Bentley, chief of staff; and Elliott Durand, senior aide-de-
camp. Following are the general orders issued for the
occasion :
Chicago, May 25, 1907.
Headquarters Memorial Day Parade.
General Orders No. 6:
The Memorial Day Parade will move north in Michigan Boule-
vard from the intersection of 25th street promptly at 3 p. m., on
Thursday, May 30th, in the following order:
Escort of Mounted Park Police.
Escort of Mounted City Police, Lt. Chas. C. Healey, Commanding.
Chief Marshal, Lt. Colonel James J. Healy.
Staff, Col. Charles R. E. Koch, Adjutant General.
Gen. C. S. Bentley, Chief of StafT, Col. Elliott Durand, Senior Aide.
Aides.
Col. Henry H. Gage. Capt. L. W. Nevius.
Major F. P. Grandon. Col. F. J. Carmon.
Capt. F. V. Christian. Capt. G. A. Larson.
Capt. A. F. Lorenzen. Capt. M. E. Dickson.
Capt. J. E. Hayes. Capt. John M. Hubbard.
Capt. J. L. Bennett. Capt. George S. Stone.
Capt. M. A. LaBuy. Major R. F. Wilson.
Major J. H. Giol. Major J. Waldo Howe.
Major Alfred Russell. Capt. R. M. Patterson.
Capt. S. S. Webb. Capt. Orrin Bates.
Col. S. B. Thompson, Capt. James Horess.
Capt. Louis A. Boenig. Capt. T. E. Gurney.
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Capt. Carl Ziegfeld. Capt. A. W. Nelson.
Capt. Leander Haynes. Capt. Moses Crumbine.
Capt. M. J. Sheridan. Capt. J. A. Coe.
Capt. George Trayes. Major James H. Hubbard.
Capt. James P. Lockwood. Capt. Maurice Woolman.
Capt. Matt Howlett. Col. L. T. Dickason.
Major Henry R. Kent. Capt. James H. Farrell.
Col. Hugh T. Reed. Dr. J. Z. Bergeron.
Capt. Edward Roby. Col. Fred Spink.
Capt. Charles F. Smale. Capt. Albert E. Weed.
Capt. H. C. Freese. Col. F. P. Simmons.
Col. Isadore Eisenstaedt. Capt. Henry G. Browning.
Capt. Edward S. Miller.
1st Division, G. A. R. Veterans.
J. M. Emery, Marshal.
Col. Q. H. Chapin, Asst. Adjt. General.
Major J. B. Sine, Chief of Staff.
Major J. C. Bohart, Senior Aide-de-Camp.
Aides.
Capt. Jas. E. Adams. Capt. Wolf Hirsch.
Capt. Chas. E. Affeld. Capt. Richard Jones.
Capt. Christn. Bark. Capt. J. M. Keeney.
Col. W. H. H. Barker. Capt. Jno. C. Kilgore.
Capt. C. C. Bone. Capt. Peter Ott.
Capt. Jno. R. Bowman. Capt. A. E. Selleck.
Capt. Jno R. Buchan. Capt. Geo. Trayes.
Capt. H. C. Colvin. Capt. W. W. Wells.
Capt. E. H. Ellett. Capt. O. E. Wells.
Capt. Jas. Gill. Capt. Theo. Wiederhold.
Maj. W. B. Grimes. Col. Chas. A Winn.
Capt. Jas. Hoover. Col. S. A. Moflfett
G. A. R. Posts and Commanders.
George H. Thomas, No. 5 R. H. Peterson.
W. B. Hazen, No. 7 J. W. Trenary.
Lyon, No. 9 L. C. Higby.
U. S. Grant, No. 28 John S. Varley.
George A. Custer, No. 40 Wm. H. Bennett.
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John Brown, No. 50 Peter B. Jones.
Abraham Lincoln, No. 91 Jesse J. Cook.
Ambrose E. Burnside, No. 109 John M. Kraut.
Gen. T. W. Sweeney, No. 275 H. H. Hubbard.
Kilpatrick, No. 276 C. W. Sholes.
Col. J. A. Mulligan, No. 306 Robt. S. Bennett.
Gen. L. Blenker, No. 376 J. E. McGowan.
Godf ray Weitzel, No. 425 E. E. Clapp.
George G. Meade, No. 444 Frank C. Needham.
Winfield Scott, No. 445 E. B. Linder.
L. H. Drury, No. 467 C. W. Clark.
Blue Island, No. 473 William Haas.
G. W. Spencer, No. 489 F. C. Propper.
John B. Wyman, No. 521 Henry C. McCurley.
Gen. John A. Logan, No. 540 W. E. Church.
Gen. Silas Casey, No. 555 C. E. Shelhamer.
Winfield S. Hancock, No. 560 J. F. Langguth.
Washington, No. 573 V. D. Hubbell.
Farragut, No. 602 George Goldbronson.
Phil Sheridan, No. 615 Ivory H. Pike.
Hiram McClintock, No. 667 P. W. Coates.
Wilcox, No. 668 Wm. D. Giesmann.
William McKinley, No. 701 Mathias Weber.
Columbia, No. 706 James C. Irey.
Gen. E. Hatch, No. 713 John H. Clemens.
Harvey, No. 724 Milton H. Myers.
Cumberland, No. 737 R. R. Sampson.
Julius White, No. 740 Lawrence Lent.
Edward Payson Pitkin, No. 743 W. H. McWade.
Gen. B. F. Butler, No. 754 Henry C. Cooper.
James A. Sexton, No. 759 Daniel McKinley.
Gen. Willich, No. 780 Adolph Steiner.
Gen. William E. Stron, No. 790 W. H. Sampson.
Old Glory, No. 795 W. W. Fletcher.
This Division having formed in Michigan Avenue, right
resting on 16th Street, will remain there awaiting the ar-
rival of the column of Parade. As soon as the Chief Marshal
and his stafif have passed this division will break into the
column, the second division having halted south of 16th
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Street to permit this movement. The Marshal of the second
division will resume the march as soon as the left of the
veteran division is in the parade column.
Second Division, National Guard of Illinois.
Governor Charles S. Deneen, Commander-in-Chief.
Staff.
Gen. T. W. Scott, Adjt. Gen.
Col. E. R. Bliss, Judge Advo. Gen.
Col. H. S. Dietrich, Gen. Inspt. R. P.
Col. N. Senn, Surgeon, Gen.
Aides.
Col. B. A. Eckhart, Col. John R. Thompson.
Col. Ira C. Copley,
Brigadier General George M. Moulton, Marshal.
Lt. Col. Alvar L. Bournique, Adjutant General.
Lt. Col. Holman G. Purinton, Inspector General.
Lt. Col. Charles Ailing, Judge Advocate.
Lt. Col. Joseph H. Barnett, Chief I. R. P.
1st Lt. Samuel K. Martin, Aid-de-Camp.
1st. Lt. George H. Elliott, Aid-de-Camp.
Colonel Stephen B. Thompson, Aid-de-Camp.
Sergeant Major John W. Thompson.
Quartermaster Sergeant Percy A. Brink.
Commissary Sergeant Ernest L Dresher.
Hospital Steward Walter R. Krembs.
Chief Trumpeter Andrew E. Wolf.
Ordnance Sergeant Fred Salzer.
Color Sergeant Alexander F. Balen.
Signal Corps.
Capt. John W. McConnell, Commanding.
1st Infantry.
Col. Joseph B. Sanborn, Commanding.
Captain William J. Sanderson, Adjutant.
2d Infantry.
Col. James E. Stewart, Commanding.
Capt. Arthur D. Rehm, Adjutant.
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7th Infantry,
Col. Daniel Moriarty, Commanding.
Capt. Edward H. White, Adjutant.
2d Sub-Division.
Brigadier General Edward C. Young, Commanding.
Staff.
Lt. Col. Lewis D. Greene, Adjutant General.
Lt. Col. Leo Wampold, Insp. Gen.
Lt. Col. Burnett M. Chipperfield, Judge Advocate.
Lt. Col. Gordon Strong, Chief L R. P.
Lt. Col. T. Jay Robeson, Chief Surgeon.
Major Levin D. Gass, Chief Quartermaster.
Major Henry C. Cassidy, Chief Commissary.
1st Lt. Hiram C. Castor, Aid-de-Camp.
1st Lt. Lee A. McCalla, Aid-de-Camp.
Color Sergeant, B. L. Maloney.
Quartermaster Sergeant, Otto A. Kreml.
8th Infantry.
Col. John R. Marshal, Commanding.
Capt. Robert F. Radcliffe, Adjutant.
1st Cavalry.
Col. Milton J. Foreman, Commanding.
Capt. Willis Counselman, Adjutant.
Illinois Naval Reserves.
Capt. Warren F. Purdy, Commanding.
3d Division, Spanish War Veterans.
Major Edward H. Switzer, Marshal.
A. F. W. Siebel, Adjutant General.
Wm. J. Umfried, Chief of Staff.
E. I. Wile, Senior Aid-de-Camp.
Jas. E. Hill, Aid-de-Camp.
C. A. Warner, Aid-de-Camp.
Geo. B. Seiter, Aid-de-Camp.
Jos. P. May, Jr., Aid-de-Camp.
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Camps and Commanders.
Columbia Camp, No. 2 E. L. McMicken.
Capron Camp, No. 6 R. Liebriecht.
J. R. Tanner Camp, No. 11 J. R. Marshall.
Wm. McKinley Camp, No. 12 J. E. Vannatta.
Waldron-Murphy Camp, No. 29 P. J. Skerrett.
Bohemian-American Camp, No. 30 Anthony Somer.
Bagley Camp, No. 41 W. M. Krimbill.
Society, Army of Santiago Col. Lauman.
Society, Army of the Philippines J. W. Goggin.
Genl. P. H. Sheridan Garrison, No. 31 J. P. Lockwood.
-ith Division, Independent Military Organizations and Uniformed
Rank of Benevolent Orders.
Col. Walter Fieldhouse. Marshal.
Capt. John J. Cairns, Adjutant General.
Col. C. P. Stringfield, Chief of Staff.
Lt. E. C. Luedeka, Senior Aid-de-Camp.
Aides.
Col. S. H. Morris. Capt. H. H. Kennedy.
Capt. Anson L. Bolte. Capt. Edgar R. Hart.
Capt. William H. Chenoweth, Jr. Capt. O. D. Steele.
Ensign J. Henderson. Col. S. B. Thompson.
Capt. Henry Johnson.
Northwestern Military Academy, Major A. P. Davidson.
First Regiment Uniformed Rank, K. of P., Col. Robt. Bamford.
Uniformed Rank Modern Woodmen, Col. W. W. Stratton.
14th Regiment U. R. Knights of the Maccabees, Col. H. S. H.
Holbrook.
Montefiore Guards, Capt. M. D. Brownstein.
Daily News Zouaves, Major Otto B. Relchert.
Order of Red Men, Dr. J. R. Price.
First Regiment (Colored), U. R. K. of P., Col. R. A. Ware.
Marshall Cadets, Capt. Henry Johnson.
Charles R. E. Koch,
Adjutant-General.
By command of
LIEUT.-COL. JAMES J. HEALY,
2d Infantry, I. N. G.,
Chief Marshal.
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DISTINGUISHED VISITORS.
Among the visitors to Chicago who reviewed the
parade was Baron Kuroki, the famous Japanese warrior who
responded to the following invitation extended to him by
the chief marshal :
His Excellency, General Kuroki,
Auditorium Hotel, Chicago.
Dear Sir:
I take great pleasure in behalf of the veteran soldiers of the
great war, in Chicago, to invite you to review the military parade
of Memorial day, tomorrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, from a point
opposite Van Buren street, in the Lakeshore Park.
Should you do us the honor to accept this invitation, you will
kindly find a carriage waiting for you at the Auditorium Hotel,
which you and the members of your stafif may occupy while the
parade column passes. An officer of my staff will be delegated to
attend you.
I have the honor to be, with great respect,
JAMES J. HEALY,
Chief Marshal.
Governor Deneen of Illinois was invited to witness the
parade and Secretary of War Taft (afterward President)
to authorize federal troops at Fort Sheridan to participate in
the same, as the following correspondence shows :
His Excellency, Charles S. Deneen,
Springfield, Illinois.
Dear Sir:
Having been appointed Chief Marshal of the Memorial day
parade to be held in Chicago on May 30, 1907, I have the honor to
request that you will review the parade in conjunction with Gen-
eral Greely of the United States Army, Commander of the Military
Division of the Northwest, and his honor the Mayor of Chicago.
The reviewing party will be mounted and stationed at a point
in Grant Park facing Van Buren street. The hour for the parade
has not yet been positively fixed, but when determined upon you
will be further advised.
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In extending this invitation I beg to assure you that the ac-
ceptance of the same on your part will be gratifying to the vet-
eran soldiers of Cook County.
I have the honor to be.
Very respectfully
JAMES J. HEALY,
Chief Marshal.
Hon Wm. H. Taft,
Secretary of War,
Washington, D. C.
Through Commanding Officer, Department of the Lakes.
Sir:
As Chief Marshal of the Cook County Memorial day parade,
which will take place in the City of Chicago on May 30, I have the
honor to request that such troops from Fort Sheridan as can be
spared for the purpose, may be ordered to the City of Chicago to
participate in the parade that day.
In making this request I beg to call your attention to that fact
that the participation of national troops in this annual function has
been greatly appreciated by the citizens of Chicago as well as the
veterans of the old war and the officers and men of the National
Guard of Illinois. It has an inestimable moral and military eflfect,
which has been well understood by all the parties concerned here:
I have the honor to be,
Very respectfully,
JAMES J. HEALY,
Lieutenant-Colonel 2d Infantry, 111. N, G.
Chief Marshal.
Dear Sir: May 2, 1907.
Replying to your letter of the 12th ultimo, I have to say that
I am pleased to accept the invitation to review the parade in con-
junction with General Greely, of the United States Army, and
His Honor, the Mayor of Chicago, on May 30th next.
Yours truly,
C. S. DENEEN.
Col. James J. Healy,
Memorial Hall,
Chicago, Illinois.
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April 19, 1907.
Col. Walter Fieldhouse,
Chicago.
Dear Sir: —
I have been appointed Chief Marshal of the Memorial Day
parade to take place on May 30, on which day I should be greatly
pleased if you will accept the marshalship of a division in the
parade, to be composed of Independent Military Organizations and
Informal Rank of Benevolent Associations.
Formal orders assigning you to the command of this Division
will be issued later in the event you honor me with an acceptance.
Very respectfully,
JAMES J. HEALY,
Lieutenant-Colonel Second Infantry, 111. N. G., Chief Marshal.
Chicago, June 7, 1907.
Colonel James J. Healy,
Chief Marshal Memorial Day Parade.
My Dear Colonel: —
I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your valued com-
munication of June 1, 1907, and to express my appreciation of the
very complimentary tribute you have paid to the Fourth Division.
I have participated in, or been a witness of Grand Army pa-
rades during the past thirty-six years, and it is only justly due to
you, as Chief Marshal on Memorial day, to remark that I have
never seen a military parade conducted with more precision, or
better commanded.
Your published orders were explicitly obeyed; formation was
complete in all details, and the martial bearing of your entire com-
mand was most excellent. I desire to compliment you very highly.
Very respectfully,
WALTER FIELDHOUSE,
Colonel and Inspector General 111. N. G., Marshal Fourth Division
Memorial Day Parade.
Chicago, June 1, 1907.
Major Edward H. Switzer,
Marshal Third Division Memorial Day Parade.
Dear Sir:- -
Befori divesting myself entirely of the duties and responsibili-
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ties as chief marshal on Memorial day parade, I feel it my duty
and pleasure to express to you my sincere thanks for the services
on Memorial day rendered by the veterans of the Spanish war and
Philippine insurrection, and other commands composing your divi-
sion. They were a great feature in the. parade column. In them
rests the promise that when the veterans of the great war shall
have passed off the stage. Memorial day will still be sustained as
a day for observation and reflection by patriotic Americans.
Very sincerely yours,
JAMES J. HEALY, Chief Marshal.
Col. James J. Healy, Chicago, June 3, 1907.
Rookery Building.
My Dear Colonel: —
Unofficially I wish to acknowledge receipt of your kind favor
of the 1st inst. and to thank you for the kind words therein. I
wish to say that, had I not been tied up for several weeks by the
sickness and Heath of my little boy, I should have been able to have
done better work and to have had things more as I could have
wished in my division.
Again, unofficially — simply as your friend — I wish to congratu-
late you and compliment you upon the magnificent parade, one of
the best, if not the very best, memorial day parade that I have
ever seen, much of which was directly the result of your personal
efforts and attention to detail, ability as an organizer nad officer.
It will be a long time before anyone will break the record you
have made.
In conclusion, I wish to thank you once more for the honor
that you conferred upon me and to say that I am yours to com-
mand. Yours very truly,
E. H. SWITZER.
James J. Healy, June 6, 1907.
Lieut. Col. 2d Inf. I. N. G.
My Dear Colonel:
In reply to yours of the 4th inst., and in behalf of the mounted
police, I wish to extend our profound appreciation of your letter
of commendation.
It is a pleasure to know that our efforts are so appreciated and
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by one, too, who, being a high military man, is capable of judging
as to our appearance and actions.
As you know. Colonel, it is my one ambition to perfect an
organization that will compare with any of its kind, and such a
letter as yours goes a long way in lending the men that fervor and
ambition which will make them deserving of the highest commen-
dation.
Any time in the future when we can be of service to you it
will afiford us much pleasure. Very respectfully yours,
C. C. HEALY,
Lieut. Commanding Mounted Police.
No. 543 State Street.
TESTIMONIALS OF FRIENDS.
The subject of this sketch retains many testimonials
from his personal friends and bodies of a public and quasi-
public character. In 1882, when it became known that he
had filed his application for the position of custodian of the
Custom House and Postofifice in Chicago the Hon. Jesse
Spalding, collector of the port, received the following letters
in commendation of him :
Hon Jesse Spalding,
Collector of Customs, Chicago.
Sir:
The undersigned citizens of Chicago take great pleasure in rec-
ommending to you Major James J. Healy for the position of Custo-
dian of the Government building in this city. Major Healy is a
gentleman of fine character and undoubted integrity. He has an
extensive acquaintance; has always been an active, hard-working
Republican; was a soldier through the entire war; has filled the
important and responsible position in the Superior Court for the
past six years with signal ability, and we are satisfied he will fill
the office we ask for him to the entire satisfaction of all con-
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cerned. We earnestly hope it will be your pleasure to appoint
him.
(Signed)
JOSEPH E. GARY,
R. S. WILLIAMSON,
JOHN A. JAMESON,
GEO. GARDNER,
ELLIOTT ANTHONY,
KIRK HAWSE,
SIDNEY SMITH,
MASON B. LOOMIS,
WM. H. BARNES.
"I heartily endorse the above application.
(Signed) "L. D. Condee."
"I herewith with pleasure endorse the written application.
(Signed) "Edward P. Hall."
"Most heartily concur on the above.
(Signed) "Emory A. Storrs."
"I know Mr. Healy to be competent, honest and deserving, and
I take pleasure in endorsing him.
(Signed) "Wiley S. Scribner,
"President Union Veteran Club."
'Signed)
W. H. Coulston,
Secretary Union Veteran Club.
James A. Sexton,
Marshal Union Veteran League.
Jacob Gross,
Delos E. Hall.
Seth F. Hanchett,
Willis Howe,
C. R. Matson.
"I cheerfully endorse the written application.
(Signed) "John Stephens,
"Potter Palmer."
"I most cheerfully concur in the above recommendation and
believe the gentleman to be deserving of the place.
(Signed) "Herman Benze."
"I know Major Healy personally and think him a first-class
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man. These endorsements of so many worthy and prominent gen-
tlemen are sufficient guarantee of his character and ability. I hope
it will be the pleasure of the Collector to give him the position.
(Signed) "Wm. Aldrich."
"I sincerely hope you can grant the prayer of the above peti-
tion.
(Signed) "E. R. Bliss."
"I have known Major Healy intimately for a long time. His
business qualifications are first-class and his Republicanism is of the
right stamp. I can cheerfully endorse him and his appointment
would greatly please me personally.
(Signed) "J. T. Torrence,
"D. J. Wren."
Hon. Jesse Spalding, Chicago, January 25, 1882.
Dear Sir:
I am informed that James J. Healy is an' applicant for the Cus-
todian of Custom House Building under you. I simply desire to say
that I have known Mr. Healy for several years; that he has been
faithful and efficient in positions filled by him, and that he is an
active working Republican.
Should it be consistent with the public service and your other
obligations to appoint him, I think that you will find him to be a
faithful and efficient officer.
Very respectfully yours,
(Signed) R. B. Bacon.
Hon. Jesse Spalding, Chicago, April 29, 1882.
Col. Customs, City.
Dear Sir:
I understand that James J. Healy is an applicant for the posi-
tion of Custodian of Custom House. I have known Mr. Healy for
many years and can safely say that he is peculiarly fitted to fill such
a position. Besides his personal worth, he is a strong and reliable
Republican.
Yours respectfully,
(Signed) James H. Gilbert.
102 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY.
Reverting to the subject of Col. Healy's connection with
the courts of Cook County for upwards of a quarter of a
century, he received the general support of the judiciary of
three decades and all of the legal practitioners of standing
at the bar of the county and such throughout Illinois as had
any business dealing with the keepers of the records. He
was supported for the chief deputy clerkship of the Superior
Court of Cook County under successive administrations,
lawyers and judges, irrespective of their political affiliations,
tendering him their assistance.
CONNECTION WITH POSTOFFICE
Reverting to Colonel Healy's connection with the Chi-
cago postoffice, the following letter, written to him by Post--
master John McArthur, explains itself:
"December 15th, 187';
"James J. Healy, Esq.
"Dear Sir: — I am in receipt of your letter of yesterday, ten-
dering your resignation as clerk in the Registry Department o*
this ofifice.
"In accepting the same, I beg to express my satisfactior,
with your official conduct during the long period of j^our servir-
in the Chicago postoffice.
"With a like fidelity to trusts, and the intelligent and sat-
isfactory performance of all duties assigned you, in your new
field of service, that has always characterized your service at
this office, you cannot fail to win a deserved success.
"Respectfully, etc.,
(Signed) "J. AlcArthur, P. M."
BIUGKAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 103
HAYES AND WHEELER MINUTE MEN OF '76.
Headquarters Department of Chicago
Chicago, 111., October 18, 1876.
To all whom these Presents Shall Come, Greeting:
Know ye, that JAMES J. HEALY, having been duly ap-
pointed Provost Marshal of the Third Division, Third Congres-
sional District, Department of Chicago, I. JOHN McARTHUR,
Commander of the Department of Chicago, Hayes and Wheeler
Minute Men, do hereby commission him as COLONEL in said
organization, to take rank as such from the 6th day of Septem-
ber, 1876.
He is, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge the
duties of said office by doing and performing all manner of things
thereto belonging. And I do strictly charge and require all non-
commissioned officers and enlisted men under his command to be
obedient to his orders; and he is to observe and follow such or-
ders and directions, from time to time, as he shall receive from
me, or the future Commanding Officer of the said organization
or other superior officers set over him.
This commission to continue in force until revoked accord-
ing to the rules and regulations governing the armies of the
United States.
Given under my hand and the headquarters of the Departmen!
at Chicago, 111., this 18th day of October, in the year of our
Lord, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-six.
By the Commanding Officer: J. McARTHUR,
Major-General Commanding Dept. of Chicago, 3d Con. Dist., 111.
WM. C. CARROLL,
Colonel and Asst. Adjt.-Gen. Dept. of Chicago.
Countersigned:
WILEY S. SCRIBNER, Brig.-Gen. Comding. 3d Div.
OLIN J. GARY, Asst. Adjt.-Gen. 3d Div.
104 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
SUMMARY OF CIVIL CAREER.
Drillmaster Chicago Police Force, 1869; being the
first to drill the police force with muskets.
Clerk in the registry department, Chicago postoffice,
1871-1875, resigning to accept a Deputy Clerkship in the
Superior Court of Cook county, Illinois, having filled the
position of Minute Clerk, Chancery Record Writer and
Chief Deputy Clerk from 1890 to 1905 ; connected with the
office from 1875 until November 1st, 1905, withdrawing
to accept the position of Assistant Secretary with the Na-
tional Surety Company.
VISITS HISTORIC ALEXANDRIA.
(Saturday Evening Herald, 1894.)
Col. Jas. J. Healy, Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court
of Cook county, favored our representative with a very in-
teresting description of Old Alexandria, as he saw it while
on his recent eastern trip to attend the Grand Army En-
campment, at Pittsburgh, Pa.
The City of Alexandria is situated across the Potomac
River from Washington, one of the oldest and most im-
portant ports of the Colonies. It was first known as "Hunt-
ing Creek Warshouse," afterward as "Belhaven." In 1749
it was organized and governed by a board of trustees in
persuance of an Act of the General Assembly of the Colony
of Virginia and fourteen years later we find George Wash-
ington a member of this board. In 1814 it was captured by
the British and in 1846 it was retroceded to the State of
Virginia. The population at present is about 8,000 souls,
the bodies containing them being pretty evenly divided be-
tween white and black. There is scarcely any business car-
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 105
ried on in the place and the only attraction is the historic
interest of many of the old landmarks of the town.
The first one of these antique places visited by Dr. J.
B. Crandall, of Sterling, III, and myself, was an ancient
two-story brick structure known as the Braddock House,
the building in which General Washington first received his
commission in the King's Army. The burying ground of
the city is not far from this old structure and was the
next place visited. There are many marbles that mark the
resting place of those who lived and died a century ago.
On a tombstone marked 1799 appeared the following:
"All you that comes this grave to see.
Prepare yourselves to follow me.
Repent and turn to 'God' in time,
You might be taken in your prime."
The inscriptions upon many of the old tombstones are
very quaint and curious. I recall another being upon a
marble slab that marked an infant's grave, it read :
"Gone to Jesus in a fleet
Never more to kiss his Ma
Never more his little feet
Turn to meet his Pa."
Passing from the churchyard into the church, we were
shown the pew in which George and Martha Washington
used to sit and hear the long sermon and music of the olden
time. The guide told us that any person who would sit
in the pew would inevitably be afifected with drowsiness,
instead of being filled with inspirations. This is undoubtedly
true if one is willing to sit long enough.
The Twelve Old Colonial trees are still standing near
this building. Leaving this solemn old church and grave-
yard, the City Hotel was next visited. It is no longer ;a
106 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
public house, but is now used like Hawthorne's "House of
the Seven Gables" for a number of cheap store rooms, still
there hangs over the sidewalk, the old balcony on which
Washington stood to enjoy the cool of the evening while
the grand ladies and gentlemen of the city danced through
the hours of the night. The next and last place visited was
the Marshal House in which Colonel Ellsworth was shot by
Jackson for tearing down the Confederate flag, in the early
part of the war, and where Captain Brownell killed Jackson.
Alexandria has had its day. It has stood the storm of
two great wars, but now must rust and crumble away like
the cannon that has made its barren streets so full of in-
terest. To it may aptly be applied the mournful epithet, no
hope beyond.
After leaving Alexandria, from a bend in the river
opposite Fort Warburton, can be seen the National Wash-
ington monument and the dome of the capitol. From the
same point we obtain our first glimpse of Mount Vernon.
Here, the river is two miles wide and the Mansion House
has a stately appearance, situated about two hundred feet
above the water. The tolling of the bell and the hoisting
of the flag announce to the passengers that they are ap-
proaching the home of Washington. Immediately under
the blufif upon which the mansion stands is the reservation
of a few acres which was formerly used as a deer park.
Visitors are met at the landing by the superintendent and
proceed up a gentle acclivity to the tomb of him who was
first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his
countrymen. Leaving Washington on the 7th, arrived in
Baltimore that evening, remaining there two days visiting
Forts Carroll and McHenry at the mouth of the Petobscot
River, reached Pittsburgh on the morning of the 9th inst.
BIOrxRAl'HV OF JAMI3S J. HEALY. 107
Attended the Grand Army Encampment, where I met the
courteous coroner of Alleghany county, Major Herbert Mc-
Dowell, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at Atlantic
City. The Major is a member of Colonel Glenn's stafif, who
commands the Fourteenth Pennsylvania National Guards.
The officers of this regiment are fine specimens of the sol-
dier, a majority of them having seen service on many a
hotly contested battlefield in the cause for the Union from
1860 to 1865. The Colonel did me the honor of placing my
name on the roll of staff and furnishing me with horse
and equipage for the big parade at the McKeesport One
Hundred Anniversary Celebration, his command occupying
the post of honor. The regiment is thoroughly equipped
and disciplined and musters one thousand strong, rank and
file. Major McDowell, the present efficient coroner of
Alleghany county, is the Quarter Master of this command
and is very popular with the people, and in all probability
will be the next mayor of Pittsburgh.
BANQUET HONORING COLONEL HEALY.
(Chicago Inter Ocean, June 22, 1901.)
James J. Healy, who was recently elected Lieutenant
Colonel of the Second Regiment, L N. G., was the guest
of honor at a banquet given by his brother officers at
Kinsley's restaurant last night. Besides the officers of
the regiment many lawyers who are friends of Mr. Healy
were in attendance. The banquet was followed by an in-
formal programme of addresses.
Lieutenant Colonel Healy, the unanimous choice of the
Second Regiment for the position which he now holds,
began his military career when sixteen years of age, en-
108 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
listing in Company G of the One Hundred and Thirty-
Second Illinois Infantry Volunteers during the Civil War
for a term of eight months. Later he entered Company C
of the Twenty-first United States Infantry and continued
in the regular army until 1869, when he was honorably dis-
charged with the rank of First Sergeant. During the Civil
War his regiment was ordered to the West, and there Mr.
Healy gained experience as an Indian fighter. After his
discharge from active service he was Senior Vice Com-
mander of Ransome Post, No. 1, Departmnet of Illinois,
of the G. A. R., for a period of two years, and in 1891 was
chosen Commander of America Post, No. 708, of which he
is now Adjutant.
In 1869 he was drillmaster of the city police force and
was inspector of the First Brigade, I. N. G. Mr. Healy is
Chief Clerk of the Superior Court, having occupied that
position for the last twent>-four years.
EUROPEAN ITINERARY OF COL. JAMES J. HEALY.
1909.
July 15 — Leave Chicago by Grand Trunk R. R. to Montreal.
July 17 — Leave Montreal by Allan Line S. S. "Pretorian." Ar-
rive Glasgow; North British Station Hotel.
July 27-28 — Leave Glasgow via Loch Lomond, Loch Katrine
and Trossachs, to Edinburgh; North British Station Hotel.
July 28-29— In Edinburgh, North British Station Hotel
July 30 — Leave Edinburgh for Ayr; Station Hotel.
July 31— Ayr to Portrush.
Aug. 1 — In Portrush.
Aug. 2 — Side trip to Giant's Causeway and thence to Belfast;
Midland Station Hotel.
Aug. 3 — Afternoon train to Dublin.
Aug. 4-6— In Dublin; Hotel Metropole.
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HBALY. 109
Aug. 7 — Dublin to Killarney.
Aug. 8 — At Killarney; Great Southern Hotel.
Aug. 9 — By coach to Glengarrifif.
Aug. 10— At Glengarrifif; Roche's Hotel.
Aug. 12 — By coach to Bantry and rail to Cork.
Aug. 13 — At Cork, visit Blarney Castle; Imperial Hotel.
Aug. I'l — Via Rosslare and Fishguard to London.
Aug. 12-20 — In London; Hotel Russell, Russell Square.
Aug. 21 — Via Calais to Paris.
Aug. 22 — In Paris; Grand Hotel.
Aug. 23 — Lucerne; Hotel Victoria.
Aug. 24 — Milan; Grand Hotel.
Aug. 25 — To Venice; Grand Hotel Victoria.
Aug. 26 — In Venice — to Florence; Grand Hotel Victoria.
Aug. 27 — In Florence — to Rome.
Aug. 28-30— In Rome; Hotel de Milan.
Aug. 30-31 — Naples; Grand Hotel Victoria.
Sept. 1 — Genoa; Hotel de la Ville.
Sept. 1 — Marseilles.
Sept. 2-5 — Paris; Grand Hotel Paris.
Sept. 6-9 — In London; Russell Hotel, Russell Square.
Sept. 9 — To Oxford; Warwick Arms Hotel.
Sept. 10 — Drive to Stratford-on-Avon, Kenilworth and back to
Warwick, thence by rail to Chester; Queens Ry. Hotel.
Sept. 11 — Chester to Liverpool and sail S. S. "Compania," '
p. m.
Sept. 18 — Arrive New York.
110 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
Long Service in the Courts
Colonel Healy's connection with the courts of record in
Cook County, covered a period of thirty years, in which
time he acquired a knowledge of the business of the judi-
ciary and the files and records equalled by none other, and
of perculiar value to the community.
His standing as a citizen and an official can best be
judged by the following unsolicited endorsements :
Hon. Charles W. Vail, Chicago, December 1st, 1904.
Clerk of Superior Court of Cook County.
Dear Sir: — We, the undersigned. Judges of the Superior
Court, respectfully represent that the faithful and efficient per-
formance of the duties pertaining to the office of Clerk of
this court are of the very highest importance in the administra-
tion of justice by the Judges thereof. We know by long ex-
perience that changes in the clerical force of the Clerk's office,
except for just cause, not only tend to delay judicial proceed-
ings, to increase errors, and in almost every way to render the
efficier\cy of judicial proceedings uncertain.
We regard it as of the verj' first importance that only n
trained and responsible clerical force be employed in the dis
charge of the many duties of the Clerk of this court. In no
department of the government is a competent, capable and well-
trained subordinate more essential than in the office and service
of a Court of Record.
We are glad to say that few complaints of any kind have
for many years come to our knowledge against the efficiency,
promptness or integrity of the Clerk's office of our court, and
we l)elieve that no public office has a higher record for the faith-
ful and impartial discharge of public duties. It is with this
knowledge and for these reasons that we earnestly request you
to retain Colonel James J. Healy in his position as Chief Deputy
of your office.
Colonel Healy has been connected with this court for a
period of more than twenty-nine years, and has been Chief
■ BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. Ill
Deputy Clerk of the Superior Court for sixteen years of that
time. He fully comprehends in general and in detail every duty
and obligation involving upon the Clerk's office; certainly v^'ith
the highest degree of satisfaction to all of the Judges of this
court, and we sincerely believe, to the Bar and the public also.
We say without hesitation that we know of no one so
well qualified as Colonel Healy for discharging efficiently and
with high credit the many exacting duties of the otificial posi-
tion he now so acceptably fills.
We should regard his displacement without cause as a viola-
tion of every obligation which the public owes to the officials and
most faithful servants, and especially of one who for more than
twenty-nine years has in every detail of all the public duties which
have been committed to him, proved both by trial and experience
his fitness and fidelity in every way.
We ask you therefore most earnestly, in the interest of the
objects for which our court is maintained, to retain Colonel
Healy as your Chief Deputy, unless some substantial reason exists
for his removal. We are, Very respectfully.
F. Q. BALL, JOSEPH E. GARY,
W. M. McEWEN, JESSE HOLDOM,
PHILIP STEIN, AXEL CHYTRAUS,
HENRY V. FREEMAN, THEODORE BRENTANO,
ELBRIDGE HANECY, MARCUS KAVANAUGH,
A. C. BARNES, ARTHUR A. CHETLAIN.
I heartily endorse the within application.
JOHN J. HEALY.
Chicago, October 25th, 1905.
Hon. Charles W. Vail,
Clerk Superior Court, Chicago.
Dear Sir: — We recognize the responsibility of the Clerk of
this court for the proper conduct of the business of his ofifice,
and, therefore, he has the right to choose his assistants. The
Judges of the court are. however, much interested in the mannc
in which the Clerk's oftice is managed.
Col. James J. Healy has had a long experience as Chiet
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BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
Deputy Clerk in the office of the Clerk, and so far as our obser-
vation has extended, and also so far as we know the sentiments
of the Bar, there is no criticism to be made of his efficiency, or
of his uniform courtesy. We shall greatly regret if he is dis-
placed and a new man without the experience of Colonel Healy
put in charge of the Clerk's office. Colonel Healy has been con-
nected with this court for a period of more than thirty years,
and has performed for many years, and with the highest degree of
satisfaction to all of the Judges of the Superior Court and, we
believe, to the Bar and the public, the many and exacting duties
of the position he now so acceptably fills.
We again ask you in the interest of the objects for which
our courts are maintained to retain Colonel Healy as your Chief
Deputy. Very respectfully.
JOSEPH E. GARY,
THEODORE BRENTANO,
AXEL CHYTRAUS,
GEORGE A. DUPUY,
MARCUS KAVANAUGH,
W. McEWEN,
F. Q. BALL,
HENRY V. FREEMAN,
A. C. BARNES.
ARTHUR A. CHETLAIN,
JESSE HOLDOM.
We concur fully in the above recommendation of the Superio!
Court Judges.
FREDERICK A. SMITH,
EDWARD O. BROWN,
GEORGE KERSTEN,
THOMAS G. WINDES,
R. W. CLIFFORD,
JULIAN W. MACK,
FRANK BAKER,
FRANCIS ADAMS,
JOHN GIBBONS,
R. S. TUTHILL,
LOCKWOOD HONORE,
CHARLES WALKER,
Circuit Court Judges.
KENESAW M. LANDIS.
C. C. KOHLSAAT,
U. S. District Judges.
Chicago, December 18th, 1902.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 113
Exposure of Corruption.
The bench and bar of Cook county were for thirty years
an open page before Colonel Healy. His acquaintances in-
cUided every legal practitioner of note in Illinois, and
among the rank and file of the bar in Chicago were in-
cluded among his friends such leaders as Melville W.
Fuller, afterward Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court ; Leonard Swett, Emory Storrs, John Lyle
King, Robert Hervey, John N. Jewett, Julius S. Grinnell,
Joel M. Longenecker, George C. Ingham, Judge Joseph E.
Gary, Judge Murry F. Tuley, Judge Frank Scales, Judge
Richard Prendergast, Judge George Sugg, Judge Kettelle,
Judge David Davis, Judge Blodgett of the United States
Court, Judge R. S. Williamson, Mason B. Loomis, Judge
Kirk Hawes, Judge Sidney Smith.
When the exposure of corruption by the Citizens' Asso-
ciation of Chicago led to the conviction of John A. Linn,
clerk of the Superior and Circuit Courts, Colonel Healy was
supposed by the public to have instigated the investigation.
It was credited to him by the public press and even by
members of the Citizens' Association. This placed Colonel
Healy in a peculiar and trying position, and the facts re-
quired explanation.
Colonel Healy first obtained knowledge of the stulBng
of payrolls from subordinates in his office. The facts were
becoming the subject of gossip among the clerks. The pay-
rolls, however, were not in his possession, but were kept
by Mr. Linn or his confidential aids. Afterward when the
payrolls were shown to him Colonel Healy was able to
point out the names of a number of persons who were not
employed by the county, but on whose account salaries
were being fictitiously drawn. He discussed the subject
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BIOGRAPHY OP JAMBS J. HEALT.
with his attorney, Colonel Francis A. Riddle, but they had
not decided on the proper line of action to pursue when
Colonel Riddle gave an inkling of the matter to the Citi-
zens' Association. On this point the following letter is
plain:
CITIZENS' ASSOCIATION OF CHICAGO.
Established 1874.
Room 33 Merchants' Building,
92 La Salle Street.
Officers
Willord C. Fhui-tleff. President.
Robert S. Hotz, Vice-President.
. Black, Treasurer.
M. Singleton, Secretary.
Executive Committee
F. W. Burlingham,
B. A. Eckhart,
Geo. R. .Tenkins,
C. S. Pellet,
.T. Stern,
Geo. E. Cole,
.M. E. Greenebanm,
Wm. Kent,
E. E. Prussing,
E. C. Wentwortb,
fos. Donnevsbevgpv,
R. S. Hotz,
John McLaren,
W. C. Slun-tleff,
I. Laurence Langhli
Telephone Main 2306.
Colonel James J. Healy,
511 Boyce Buildins
Chicago, May 20th, 1910.
My Dear Sir: — Regarding the misapprehension which you
mentioned today as existing in certain quarters, as to your part
in connection with the investigation of the county fee offices
made by the Citizens' Association in 1906, I would say that the
irregularities in the office of John A. Linn, former Clerk of
the Superior Court, were not called to the attention of the
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 115
Citizens' Association by you, but by the late Colonel Francis
A. Riddle. Colonel Riddle stated to me at that time that you
had informed him, as your attorney, of your belief that the
county had been defrauded by Linn and that certain names
placed upon the payroll by Linn were fictitious. This informa-
tion was the starting point of our investigation, which proved
the truth of the statements made by you to Colonel Riddle, who
told us that he brought the matter to the attention of the Citi-
zens' Association, because he felt that the matters involved were
of such importance as to call for stern action on behalf of the
public.
You had no connection whatever with the investigation of
John A. Cooke's management of the Circuit Court Clerk's office.
Our investigation of that office was undertaken solely on our
own initiative and the facts brought to light were discovered only
by an exhaustive study of the payrolls of Cooke's office. This
study, which extended over several weeks, was made in the office
of the County Comptroller, of which James Monaghan was then,
as now, the head. The Citizens' Association had no tip or in-
formation from any source regarding irregularities in Cooke's
office prior to beginning its investigation of that office. The
Cooke investigation was not undertaken until after the Linn case
had been perfected.
In closing I wish to repeat a statement which I made in a
previous letter to you, viz: that in connection with the thorough
investigation made by me of the management of the Superior
Court Clerk's office during the time that you were its Chief
Clerk, nothing to your discredit as an official or man ever came
to my knowledge. Sincerely, your friend. S. M. SINGLETON
Appended to the foregoing was the following:
"We concur in the expression herein contained, and if, out
of it all, should come an adequate civil service law, Colonel
Healy will have rendered valuable service to the community.
George E. Cole
S. M. Singleton
Frederick Greeley J. P. GARNER,
Chas. D. Richards Cook Co. Commissioner and
G F. Steele Sec. Citizens' Investigation Com.
116 BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HBALY.
May 29th, 1906.
Col. James J. Healy,
National Surety Co., Chicago.
Dear Colonel: — With reference to your connection with the
investigation of the Fee Offices in 1906, the matter was called to
my attention by Colonel Francis A. Riddle, subsequently or
prior to my interview with you as a representative of The Daily
News. The facts as stated by you at that time coincided with the
statement given to me by Col. Riddle for you had only cor-
roborated the information already in my possession, which was
given to me by Colonel Riddle at his home, 1441 Jackson boulevard.
I was directed by the managing editor of the Chicago Daily
News to call on Colonel Riddle the latter part of December, 1905,
You were not in the city at that time, having gone South, des-
tination Cuba. You had no mention to make concerning any
other office in Cook county or the State. I am only too pleased to
state the facts.
JOS. DILLABAUGH.
Following in due course was the following letter from
G. F. Steele, one of the afore-mentioned committee :
Port Edwards, Wis., Feb. 28, 1907.
Col. James J. Healy,
Rookery Bldg.,
Chicago, 111.
My Dear Mr. Healy: — I have your valued favor of the 19th
inst. on my return from a rather prolonged absence from home,
and enclose herewith identical letter to that signed by my fellow
members on the Committee, together with Messrs. Cole and Sin-
gleton, and I want to say in passing that this is not formal con-
ventionality either.
I have been greatly impressed as I came to know more of
your work of the great tact, discretion and judgment which you
have displayed in handling some very difficult matters.
With best regards, I am, yours sincerely,
G. F. STEELE.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 117
COLONEL HEALY'S OWN STATEMENT.
The appended article appeared in the Chicago Daily
News February 7th, 1906. It was an authorized interview
with Colonel Healy :
"When I first discovered any irregularity it was the latter
part of 1902," said Mr. Healy. "My attention was directed to it
by deputy clerks in the office stating that they had copied the
pay rolls after they were in the comptroller's office and had
been sworn to and deposited with the county comptroller. They
discovered certain names on the pay roll of men they knew were
not working in the office. I went around to try and verify it, not
having anything to do personally with the pay rolls or the making
up of them. In other words, I never saw a pay roll unless it
was when T signed it for my salary, in the comptroller's office.
I hadn't anything to do with it, the cashier and bookkeeper
having it in charge.
"Shortly afterward I had a talk with one of the judges of
the Superior Court. I called his attention to the discovery. From
then on I commenced to be rather on the alert. I had nothing
then except suspicions; nothing to warrant any publicity, because
everything was hearsay. But I always stated that if they would
get me the original pay roll and I could see that I would then
tell them whether there were any 'dummies' on it or not. Of
course I knew who were working in the office, but never having
seen the pay rolls, could not tell whether there were any 'dum-
mies' on it or not.
"So when I did happen to see a pay roll I noticed there were
several names on it of men who were not working in the office.
Among them were the names of Ed. Stone, E. T. Martin, J. W.
Green, John Jackson, James Crane, S. M. Clark, J. J. Carlson
and F. G. Edwards. When my attention was called to those
names I stated that I never knew any men bearing them to work
in the office. This was about eight months before I left the
office and I left on November 1 last. At that time I had a talk
with a judge about it.
"I had talked about it pretty freely, and before I left the
office Mr. Vail sent for me and told me he wanted to see me
after office hours. This was about October 28. He said that
118 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
he understood J had made some remarks about his administra-
tion. I went into his private office, he and I being alone, and
I told him yes that there was any amount of crookedness going
on. He wanted to know if it was under his administration. T
told him yes. He wanted to know why I hadn't called his atten-
tion to it. I told him I had not been spoken to or treated as a
chief deputy; that he had never consulted me in any form what-
ever regarding the running of the office, that I had never received
a key to his office and that if I wanted to get in there any morn-
ing I had to wait until one of the subordinates would open the
door for me. Yet I was filling the position of chief deputy. I
told him furthermore that when I made an allegation against
him, I would prove it.
" 'I will make no allegations, Mr. Vail, but what I can prove,
and when 1 get ready to make them against you, I will prove
every one I make.' I said to him.
"He swung around in his chair and looked out of the window
and said he thought I ought to tell him. But I said no, that he
was running the office and that if there was any irregularity he
ought to know where it was. Then I asked him if there was
anything further that he wanted and he said there was not.
"I retired from his private office and reported every morning
for duty after that until November 1, v/hen I came in and turned
over to him the key to my desk and the key to the safe, and walked
out for the last time.
"I informed him before I left that I cared nothing about the
position, but that my long and honorable service in the Superior
Court entitled me to courteous treatment, which I had not re-
ceived since his inauguration. He stated that he meant nothing
by it. I told him that the discourteous treatment I had received
at his hands since he had been clerk for eleven months was the
common talk of the clerks in the office. I pointed out that if I
merely wanted to get some stationery I had to go to subor-
dinates, because I never was allowed to possess a key to the
stationery closet or a key to the cage where the filing clerk, Mr.
Henderson, was located. I recalled the fact that I had never been
consulted by him on any matter whatever pertaining to the office
unless it was some question that came up so knotty that no other
person there c;.nld furnish an answer. I had even called a certain
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 11$)
judge's attention to the discourteous treatment wliich I had
received at the hands of Mr. Vail since he came into the office.
and this judge had called Mr. Vail's attention to it.
"I took care to state specifically to Mr. Vail at tliat time
that a petition for my retention, which had been presented to
liim by Judge Gary, the oldest man on the bench, and by Judge
Kavanaugh, then chief justice of the court, had not been circu-
lated at my suggestion. Mr. Vail had stated to those judges
that he thought I did not care to rertiain in office. That was his
reply to their petition.
"I was at my brother's house one night when a phone mes-
sage came from Mr. Joyce of the National Surety Company, who
ivas on his way from New York here, asking me if I would go
ivith the National Surety Company. I told him that I would noi
until after January 1, because I was going south.
"I met my friend. Col. Francis A. Riddle, and we got to
talking about reform and about Governor Deneen discovering
the amount of money that the state treasurers and state auditors
had gotten away with, over $300,000, I believe, and I said to Col.
Riddle:
'If they mean business, there is lots of it in this county
building.'
"And I gave Colonel Riddle some pointers and he presented
the whole matter to Secretary Singleton of the Citizens' Associa-
tion. Then I went south to New Orleans and Memphis and I was
going to Cuba, but they had not raised the quarantine from Cuba
coming back, so I did not stay away as long as I intended to.
When I got back here I found Mr. Singleton had been to the
county comptroller's office and had procured a lot of evidence,
the 'dummy' pay rolls, etc., as I understood from Mr. McCarty
and Mr. Monaghan of the comptroller's office.
"When I went before the grand jury I simply stated what
I knew. The questions they put to me were in regard to the
identification of certain papers. I stated to the grand jury that
so far as the outward office was concerned, it was all right, and
that the system was all right and thorough. I told them thai
every night I used to check up with the filing clerk, who takes in
all the money, the daily receipts, and that we struck a balance,
and then that envelop would go inside to the cashier, who would
check it up, and if there was any deficiency the filing clerk had
120 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
to make it good the next morning, and that if there was any
plundering or robbing it was done in the inner office and not the
outer office. Of course, what they did in there I could not see. I
had nothing to do with it.
"Here, for illustration, I have before me a sheet showing
the receipts for August 5, 1905, as follows:
For filing suits $170
(\ppearances 57
Miscellaneous 3
Naturalizations 1
Total $231
"The currency on that date footed up $232. It came $1 over
in checking up the currency in the drawer. That money was put
in an envelop with the blotter and turned over to Mr. Chaiser in
the inner office. He checked it up, and if there was any shortage,
the filing clerk had to make it good the next morning. It was
the cashier's duty to transcribe that on the daily ledger — that is,
on the ledger where all the accounts were kept. If he failed to
transcribe it correctly and there was any looting it was done in
the inner office and no person would have knowledge of it but
himself and the clerk of the court.
"These blotters were always supposed to be kept intact for
reference in case an attorney came up and stated that he had filed
an appearance on such and such a date and had got the wrong
number. We would always keep the blotters to refer to and
straighten out mistakes and, if the blotters were destroyed, it
must have been after this matter had received publicity.
"I declare positively that it never was the custom to destroy
the daily blotters and that they were always kept for reference
and if they were destroyed by Mr. Chaiser or Mr. Vail it was done
for reasons best known to themselves; that these blottters should
be there always, so that the chief clerk could refer to them in
order to answer inquiries intelligently.
"As a man who has had a great many years' experience in
the offices of the civil courts, I would say that the system em-
ployed is good if you have reliable help. All moneys are paid
in at the filing clerk's window and checked up every night and
turned over to the cashier, who checks it up. As I have already
said, if there is any shortage the filing clerk has to make thai
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 121
shortage good each morning. It is not the system that is at fault.
"It is after the money gets into the hands of the bookkeeper
and the cashier, or into the inner office, that the trouble comes.
There is where the leakage occurred, because there were dishon-
est men handling it. We will say the statement checks up every
day here in the outer office straight. If I give you the money
at night and you count it and you find it all right, but you get
away with it afterward, you and the clerks in the inner office,
the system is not to blame for that. Armour & Co., Swift,
Marshall Field or anybody else could use that system right along,
because they would have honest men to run it. The system is
good.
"Before the grand jury the question was asked me in regard
to the blotter, if it would not be better to transcribe the record
of the daily receipts upon the ledger instead of the blotter. I
answered that it made no difference whether the day's receipts
were transcribed on a ledger or a blotter, because, when Mr. Linn
left the office, both the ledger and the blotters disappeared. So
it doesn't make any difference whether the record was kept on
the ledger or the blotters. I will bank on the system if you will
give me honest men to handle it, and if you haven't got honest
men you can have systems galore and they will still loot you.
"Now, Mr. Vail intimated, if his statements be true as pub-
lished in the newspapers, that he and I did not agree; that I
would not carry out his instructions. You can say for me that
he never gave me an order, never spoke to me about anything
that he wanted. He always conferred with the subordinates and
never came to me with any instructions and never conferred with
me about the running of the office except on one occasion, and
that is when we were moving from the old building. He called
me in with Mr. French and Mr. Breidt for suggestions to express
our views and that was the only time that he ever advised with
me. And even then he carried out his own plan and as a result he
got the files all mixed up in the Monadnock building.
"When I came back from Denver, where I had been attend-
ing the Grand Army encampment, I said to Mr. Vail: 'Is there
anything that you will assign me to do?' He replied: 'I will
get around to that.' I never could get any instructions from him,
and it is laughable when he makes the statement that he and
I disagreed. We never had an opportunity to disagree, for the
122 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HBALY.
reason that he never consulted me, and it is pretty hard to dis-
agree with a man when he never consults with you or speaks to
you. '
CLERKS OF THE SUPERIOR COURT.
Capt. John J. Healy was elected Clerk of the Superior
Court of Cook County on the Republican Ticket in Novem-
ber, 1875. First clerk under salary, $3,000 per annum,
fixed by the Legislature of the State of Illinois. Re-elected
November, 1879, continuing in office until 1884. M. Lester
Cofifeen was his chief deputy for nine years in the Superior
Court. Record excellent ; office run on business principles.
Healy was then elected clerk of the Appellate Court, First
District, State of Illinois, for six years.
Capt. Patrick McGrath, elected Clerk of the Superior
Court, Cook County, November, 1884. Appointed George
P. Gary chief deputy. Record good. Re-elected November,
1888. James J. Healy appointed Chief Deputy. Record
Good. Office conducted on business principles.
Stephen D. Griffin elected Clerk of the Superior Court
of Cook County, November, 1892. First Democratic Ad-
ministration in the history of the Court. Appointed
Michael J. O'Donahue Chief Deputy. Record good. Office
run on business principles.
John A. Linn, Republican, elected clerk of the Superior
Court of Cook County November, 1896.
James J. Healy was re-appointed Chief Deputy. Record
and management of the Clerk's office most excellent. Re-
elected November, 1900, office force demoralized ; too much
politics; competency a secondary consideration and con-
tinued under the incoming administration of Charles W.
Vail, 1904, until the investigation of the office by the Citi-
zens' Association December 20th, 1905.
On the re-election of Capt. Patrick McGrath, clerk of
BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY. 123
the Superior Court of Cook County, 111., he appointed James
J. Healy Chief Deputy Clerk December 1st, 1888, who
prepared the following printed rules and orders for the
guidance of the Deputy Clerks connected with the Clerk's
office. These rules were still in force November 1st, 1905,
viz. :
RULES GOVERNING CLERICAL WORK.
December 1, 1888, the following order was issued out of the
Clerk's office of the Superior Court of Cook County, and is still in
force and must be observed by the Deputy Clerks of this office:
James J. Healy has been appointed Chief Clerk.
1. The office hours will be from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m.
2. Deputy Clerks are required to register their arrival at
the office each morning in a book kept for that purpose; each
Clerk must be found at his station during office hours ready
to attend to the business assigned him. A reasonable time for
lunch is allowed not to exceed one hour. If absence is necessary
during office hours, it can be arranged through the Chief Clerk.
Court Clerks must procure all necessary stationery, etc., for
their court rooms in the morning prior to the convening and
opening of court; messengers will not be recognized.
3. All fees or deposits must be paid in the General Clerk's
office, and all papers, upon the filing of which fees are to be
paid, must be filed in the General office, and all orders for
copies upon which fees are to be collected, must be made in, or
immediately referred to the General Clerk's office.
4. Court Room Clerks will please transfer all minutes from
minute-book to the docket daily, mark on wrappers the final
disposition of all cases disposed of, and on the absence of the
Judge, notify the Chief Clerk of the fact and report for duty.
5. Clerks will please hold themselves in readiness to per-
form any duty necessarily connected with the business of the
office, and will receive their salaries at the end of each month.
6. Prompt attention and courtesy to those seeking informa-
tion is most respectfully requested.
7. Each Clerk is required to remain during office hours at
his own desk, and ready to attend to the business under his
charge and must not interfere with the duties of other Clerks
124 BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
unless directed by the Clerk of this Court or his Chief Deputy.
Visiting with brother Clerks during office hours is strictly for-
bidden.
8. Docketing Clerks are required to have suits docketed
prior to 9:15 a. m. the following day after commencement, and
immediately turn over the same to the Registering Clerk.
9. The Registering Clerk is required to have all new suits
registered by 10 a. m., and deliver the same to the File Room
or Vault Clerk.
10. In order to prevent loss of files, the File Room and
Vault Clerks are required not to allow any one to have access
to the files, but at the request of parties wishing to examine them,
the Clerks are required to deliver the same, and under no cir-
cumstances allow parties to help themselves.
11. Should any notice be brought to the knowledge of the
Clerk of this Court that any Deputy Clerk has been remiss in
extending the utmost courtesy to attorneys or litigants, or in
any manner shown a disinclination to give all needed informa-
tion to parties desiring the same, a prompt resignation will be
requested. Smoking during office hours is strictly forbidden.
12. Any violation of the above rules will be deemed suffi-
cient cause for removal.
13. In order to ascertain the status of each case, Law
Minute Clerks are requested, when preparing their Short Cause
Calendars from the Short Cause Docket, to examine the Files,
Registers and Law Docket. After such examination, cases not
found to be at issue should not be placed on the Short Cause
Calendars. More especially Appeal Cases, if the appearance of
the plaintiff or defendant is not entered when the appeal has
been perfected in this court and transcript from Justice not
filed in this court.
Such causes not at issue will be so noted on the Short
Cause Docket opposite their titles. Any files or part of files
missing, which are required in court, on -calling the Chief Clerk's
attention to the fact he will have them located, if possible, and
returned to their proper wrappers, where Minute Clerks can get
themi. By order of
PATRICK McGRATH, Clerk.
BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY. 125
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE.
September 6, 1910.
The Editor and Manager of the Chicago Journal, Chicago.
Dear Sir: —
If you will not consider it presumptuous on my part, I desire
to call your attention to two articles appearing in your issue of
Aug. 27 and Sept. 3, 1910— headlines, Thirty Healys in Public Jobs.
One, ambitious, Thomas J., hopes to be County Treasurer. (No
doubt, an honorable aspiration.)
I am somewhat surprised at these false statements. "See, hear
and speak no evil" is one of the first lessons implanted in the mind
of a Japanese child. Why not extend this sentiment to all people?
In the year 1861, at the time Fort Sumter was fired on, and our
martyred President, Abraham Lincoln, issued a call for volunteers
to fight the battles for the preservation of the Union, four broth-
ers, uncles of the present candidate for County Treasurer, enlisted
in the Union Army. At the close of the war they were mustered
out with honorable records, viz.:
William Healy enlisted in the First Minnesota Mounted Rang-
ers. After two years' honorable service he was mustered out, in
1864. (Now deceased.)
Capt. John J. Healy, Chicago, enlisted April 19, 1861, Com-
pany I, 23d Illinois Infantry (Col. Mulligan's regiment), was pro-
moted through military channels to the rank of captain, and mus-
tered out March 16, 1865. Died May 8, 1910.
Daniel D. Healy, Chicago, assistant engineer on the Missis-
sippi Gunboat Squadron three years; honorably discharged in
1864; died March 3. 1910.
James J. Healy. Chicago (only survivor), enlisted May 19, at
the age of sixteen years, in Company G. 132d Illinois Volunteer In-
fantry. After the expiration of his term of enlistment, he re-en-
listed in Company C, 32d United States Infantry, and on the con-
solidation of the United States Army, under general orders No. 31,
dated Headquarters, San Francisco, May 12, 1869, he was mus-
tered out of Company C, 21st United States Infantry, Oct. 3, 1869,
at Camp Verde, Arizona Territory, with the rank of First Ser-
geant. Was wounded at Grief Hill by Apache Indians, having
served five years and six months honorably. Also served sixteen
years as an officer in the Illinois National Guard, retiring voluntar-
ily with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Second Infantry, I. N. G.,
12G BIOGRAPHY OF JAMES J. HEALY.
a position I was elected to by the line officers, and re-elected after
five years' honorable service (I wish I could say as much for
knockers) — no salary but patriotism.
During the railroad riots of 1877, commanded Company A,
Chicago Union Veteran Club.
The Healy brothers had honorable records, both in an out of
the army, while serving their country on tented fields during the
Civil War, and while occupying positions of public trust in civil
life.
The only surviving brother of this family is James J. Healy,
and he has no public position. The other three brothers having
died within the past year, the only relatives who now hold public
offices are three nephews — Thomas J. Healy, drainage trustee, who
was elected by the votes of the people of Cook County. Another
one, William J. Healy, was also elected by the votes of the people
for alderman of the Eighteenth Ward.
The combined salaries paid the Healy family would not pay
the salary of one judge of the Municipal Court. The Healy rec-
ords are good, and they are entitled to the worthy consideration
of a grateful people, and all law-abiding citizens.
There were not too many Healys, independent of all party affil-
iations, when the life of the nation was in jeopardy. Four uncles
of the present aspirant for County Treasurer went to the front
with knapsacks on their backs, and muskets in their hands to pro-
tect Old Glory, the name our late comrade. General vSherman, gave
to the flag, which represented the cause that every soldier for the
Union died for; some on the battlefield, some in dreary hospitals,
some in the rebel prison pens. No doubt all other Healy families,
whose names appear in the city directory, and whom you have
charged up to our family as office holders, come of good stock and
are law-abiding citizens.
In conclusion the Journal has always treated our family fairly
in the past, and I sincerely hope it will continue to do so in the
future. Very respectfully, JAMES J. HEALY.
P. S. — The enclosure will bespeak my record for the past fifty
years. You have a broad field to operate in, if you would only go
after the grafters, high and low, in public office, and encourage
honesty in public affairs. The old Healy cry again presents itself,
without cause or justice to public interests and business. Active
critics, as a rule, are lazy builders.
Addenda
Mr. C. C. Bowsfield, Publisher.
Dear Sir: —
Your request for a further expression from me covering my con
nection with the investigation of the Cook County fee offices, made
by the Citizens' Association in 1906, duly considered.
In reply will say that the so-called exposure was public prop-
erty more than a year prior to the newspapers giving it publicity,
my attention having been called to "pay roll padding" by Deputy
Clerks in the office who had procured copies of the pay rolls from
the County Comptroller's Office. These clerks had furnished
copies of the list of dummies on the monthly pay roll to other
clerks connected with the office later on, who called my attention
to it.
I, in return, immediately notified the bookkeeper and cashier,
including the clerk of the court, of my discovery. My part in the
investigation was mandatory, not voluntary. I have no apologies
to offer so far as I am individually concerned. I simply performed
my duty in the premises, regardless of political factions.
I was very much surprised to learn that favoritism existed to an
alarming extent among the officials at the time of the prosecution.
I was in hopes that equity and justice might prevail, in the presen-
tation of the case to the Grand Jury, but this was not done. It
128 BIOGRAPHY OP JAMES J. HEALY.
savored more of factional punishment, which in my judgment was
not equitable nor creditable.
The following piece of poetry entitled "Success" covers my case
fully in connection with this matter, namely:
SUCCESS.
I'd rather fall than have it said
I zvon by lying or deceit;
I want no laurel round my head
If zvinning it I have to cheat.
I'd rather have the public jeer
And call me quitter, cozvard — yes,
I'd rather stand to see them sneer
Than fraudulently gain success.
For zvinning isn't all of life.
Success is stamped upon the soul,
I'd rather falter in the strife
Than cunningly attain my goal.
Sincerely yours,
JAMES J. HEALY.
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